Flanders: A Cultural HistorySignal Books, 2007 - 296 sider Famous for its cemeteries and monuments, Flanders has witnessed war and bloodshed on a colossal scale. Divided between Belgium, the Netherlands and France, this low-lying expanse of land has also known religious conflict and linguistic division. But Flanders also has another history, one of wealth and artistic creativity. An autonomous region under the Counts of Flanders, it became a medieval trading powerhouse, famed for its cloth industry. Great cities commemorate this period of plenty, while churches and abbeys testify to the power of Christian faith. |
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... British decided that Belgium should be joined with the Netherlands . Independent Belgium The Belgians found they had exchanged one set of foreign masters for another with the arrival of the Dutch . While the Dutch King William I did ...
... British decided that Belgium should be joined with the Netherlands . Independent Belgium The Belgians found they had exchanged one set of foreign masters for another with the arrival of the Dutch . While the Dutch King William I did ...
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... British Empire ; alongside Australians and Canadians are those from more exotic regiments from India with names such ... British troops . The Salient was a bulge of territory that ran around the town , established in the first weeks of ...
... British Empire ; alongside Australians and Canadians are those from more exotic regiments from India with names such ... British troops . The Salient was a bulge of territory that ran around the town , established in the first weeks of ...
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... British demanded that the fortifications be dismantled under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht , which ended the War of the Spanish Succession , and Dunkirk had to go back to fishing and smuggling . Towards the end of the nineteenth ...
... British demanded that the fortifications be dismantled under the terms of the Treaty of Utrecht , which ended the War of the Spanish Succession , and Dunkirk had to go back to fishing and smuggling . Towards the end of the nineteenth ...
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