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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... Holy Roman Emperor by force around 1000 AD . The Emperor acquiesced , so the Counts of Flanders became the servants of two masters , the French king and the Holy Roman Emperor . Flanders east of the Scheldt has more fertile soil than ...
... Holy Roman Emperor by force around 1000 AD . The Emperor acquiesced , so the Counts of Flanders became the servants of two masters , the French king and the Holy Roman Emperor . Flanders east of the Scheldt has more fertile soil than ...
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... Holy Blood Bruges ' most precious relic is the Holy Blood , drops of blood and water wiped from the body of Christ by Joseph of Arimathea . According to legend , Count Diederik of Alsace brought the relic of the Holy Blood back from the ...
... Holy Blood Bruges ' most precious relic is the Holy Blood , drops of blood and water wiped from the body of Christ by Joseph of Arimathea . According to legend , Count Diederik of Alsace brought the relic of the Holy Blood back from the ...
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... holy orders , or who could not gain admission to a monastic order . The first beguines in Bruges were a group of women who went to live on the edge of the city by the Minnewater for their own safety in 1245 when their menfolk went off ...
... holy orders , or who could not gain admission to a monastic order . The first beguines in Bruges were a group of women who went to live on the edge of the city by the Minnewater for their own safety in 1245 when their menfolk went off ...
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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