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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... English stopped all exports of food to Flanders , swiftly reducing the Flemish to starvation . At a time when there seemed to be no solution to the English embargo , a junta of patricians took over the city in early 1338 under Van ...
... English stopped all exports of food to Flanders , swiftly reducing the Flemish to starvation . At a time when there seemed to be no solution to the English embargo , a junta of patricians took over the city in early 1338 under Van ...
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... English , for his unconventional teaching methods , but came under suspicion from the Church authorities for his pro - Flemish views and original ideas . His superiors removed him from Roeselare and made him the sub - director of the ...
... English , for his unconventional teaching methods , but came under suspicion from the Church authorities for his pro - Flemish views and original ideas . His superiors removed him from Roeselare and made him the sub - director of the ...
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... English author using the name of William Stuart ( real name Lord Monroe ) to publish the novel Clarissa in 1882 , warning English girls against being lured into Belgian brothels . The author used court records of cases that were heard ...
... English author using the name of William Stuart ( real name Lord Monroe ) to publish the novel Clarissa in 1882 , warning English girls against being lured into Belgian brothels . The author used court records of cases that were heard ...
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Aalst Antwerp artists Battle Bavo became beer Beiaard Belfort Belgian Belgium border born British Brueghel the Elder Bruges Brussels building built café called carillon carnival Cathedral Catholic centre chapel Charles church Claus Count of Flanders dialect Dunkirk Dutch language Dutch-speaking East Flanders English Ensor Eyck film Flemish culture Flemish Movement Flemish Region France French Flanders French-speaking Gaye German Gezelle Ghelderode Ghent Gothic Guild Holy Hulst Impressionists King known landscape Latem Leie Leuven Limburg lived Maeterlinck Malpertuis Mechelen medieval movement Museum nearby Netherlands novel original Ostend Oudenaarde painter paintings Pieter Brueghel poet popular Protestant region Reinaert River Rodenbach Roman Rubens Scheldt Second World Sint Sint-Martens-Latem sixteenth century Spanish started statue story street Streuvels style Symbolist theatre took tourist tower Town Hall traditional translated village Vlaams Brabant Vlaanderen Wallonia Walloons West Flanders West Flemish Willem writer wrote Ypres