Flanders: A Cultural HistoryAndre de Vries explores the varied landmarks of Flanders, both rural and urban, to reveal this region's unique character. Considering great cities such as Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges, he traces the development of a civic culture based on both trade and ideas, in which religion and language play a vital part. Looking too at the Flemish countryside, he explains the role of festivals and folk culture, gluttony and pleasure, in the survival of a strongly local identity. |
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... Golden Spurs The Flemish cities of Ghent , Bruges and Ypres became wealthy from the cloth trade from 1100 onwards , but this prosperity led to conflict between the new patrician class , many of whom supported the French king , and the ...
... Golden Spurs The Flemish cities of Ghent , Bruges and Ypres became wealthy from the cloth trade from 1100 onwards , but this prosperity led to conflict between the new patrician class , many of whom supported the French king , and the ...
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... Golden Spurs , while the French - speaking Belgians were asked to recall an incident from the history of Liège . There is no little irony in this patriotic call to arms , given that the Battle of the Golden Spurs was fought against the ...
... Golden Spurs , while the French - speaking Belgians were asked to recall an incident from the history of Liège . There is no little irony in this patriotic call to arms , given that the Battle of the Golden Spurs was fought against the ...
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... golden era by Flemish schoolbooks . Her successor , Joseph II , wished to impose enlightened despotism on the Belgians , but antagonized his subjects by removing many of the Catholic Church's privileges and reforming the judicial system ...
... golden era by Flemish schoolbooks . Her successor , Joseph II , wished to impose enlightened despotism on the Belgians , but antagonized his subjects by removing many of the Catholic Church's privileges and reforming the judicial system ...
Contents
War Language and Flemish Freedom | 1 |
The First World War | 15 |
The Second World War | 21 |
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