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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... rest of the world after 1585 and even though it is in no sense cut off from the rest of Europe today , the barriers imposed by the Spanish and the Catholic Church seem to persist in the Belgian unconscious . Lack of uniformity in the ...
... rest of the world after 1585 and even though it is in no sense cut off from the rest of Europe today , the barriers imposed by the Spanish and the Catholic Church seem to persist in the Belgian unconscious . Lack of uniformity in the ...
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... rest of the world after 1585 and even though it is in no sense cut off from the rest of Europe today , the barriers imposed by the Spanish and the Catholic Church seem to persist in the Belgian unconscious . Lack of uniformity in the ...
... rest of the world after 1585 and even though it is in no sense cut off from the rest of Europe today , the barriers imposed by the Spanish and the Catholic Church seem to persist in the Belgian unconscious . Lack of uniformity in the ...
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... rest of the nineteenth century , and soon became one of the world's most prosperous countries . Leopold II had imperial ambitions , which were fulfilled from 1878 onwards when , with the help of Henry Stanley , he was able to take over ...
... rest of the nineteenth century , and soon became one of the world's most prosperous countries . Leopold II had imperial ambitions , which were fulfilled from 1878 onwards when , with the help of Henry Stanley , he was able to take over ...
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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