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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... taken over more and more territory , until now it is routinely used for the whole of Dutch - speaking Belgium , an administrative Region of some six million people that dominates the rest of the country both economically and ...
... taken over more and more territory , until now it is routinely used for the whole of Dutch - speaking Belgium , an administrative Region of some six million people that dominates the rest of the country both economically and ...
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... taken as a bad omen , although it took until the end of the following century for the city to decline . The Procession of the Holy Blood is the high point of the Bruges festival calendar , a religious occasion when the shrine with the ...
... taken as a bad omen , although it took until the end of the following century for the city to decline . The Procession of the Holy Blood is the high point of the Bruges festival calendar , a religious occasion when the shrine with the ...
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... taken steps against gay prostitution in the notorious " Vaselinestraatje ” or Van Schoonhovenstraat near the Central Station by using the same tactics of rebuilding and closing off the street . Yet this remains the centre of the gay ...
... taken steps against gay prostitution in the notorious " Vaselinestraatje ” or Van Schoonhovenstraat near the Central Station by using the same tactics of rebuilding and closing off the street . Yet this remains the centre of the gay ...
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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