BelgiumOmond, George W. T. (George William Thomson)
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Belgium
Omond, George W. T. (George William Thomson)
Belgium -- Description and travel
Borset, Francis, 366
Borthwick, Colonel, 68
Boterbeke, 8, 9
Bouchoute, Hôtel de, 4
Bouillon, 287, 288, 372, 373, 374
Bouisies, Comte de, 227
Bourg, Place du, at Bruges, 13, 14, 15
Bourignon, Antoinette, 196
Brabant, Duke of, supports Simon de Limbourg, 289;
joins in the War of the Cow, 292, 293;
Joyeuse Entrée of, 291;
revolution of, 356, 358
Brabant: present boundary, 175;
frontiers in ancient times, 176;
four chief towns of, 177;
spirit of union, 181;
Joyeuse Entrée, 182 _et seq._;
States of, 185;
Council of, 186;
Dukes of, their tomb violated, 200, 201;
Revolution of, 209 _et seq._
Brangwyn, William, 32
Brant, Jean, 258; Isabelle, 258
Bréderode, 190, 191, 329
Breidel, John, 39, 42, 44, 46
Breskens, 61
Brialmont, General, 228
Bristol, Earl of, at Bruges, 67
Brodhuis, the, 198, 207, 215
Bruges, 163, 164, 173, 174, 177, 189, 244
Bruges, described by John of Ypres, 8, 9;
origin of name, 9;
primitive township of, 10;
boundaries in early times, 10;
Market-Place, 4, 5, 39;
Halles, 5;
early trade, 10;
the Loove at, 18;
growth of, 16;
capital of West Flanders, 12;
Baldwin Bras-de-Fer its real founder, 12;
Place du Bourg, 13;
murder of Charles the Good, 16;
Joanna of Navarre at, 40;
death of Marie, wife of Maximilian, 26;
Hôtel de Ville, 59;
Customs House, 49;
Oriental appearance in Middle Ages, 65;
produce sent to, in Middle Ages, 57;
Hanseatic League at, 58;
Consulates at, 58;
splendour of, in Middle Ages, 59, 60;
under the House of Burgundy, 60;
loss of trade, 60, 61;
pauperism, 64;
Charles II. at, 65 _et seq._;
list of Charles II.'s household at, 67;
death of Catherine of Braganza at, 23;
fate of Church at French Revolution, 76;
Napoleon at, 32;
state of, since Revolution of 1830, 76;
English Jesuits at, 75;
Queen Victoria at, 72;
relic of Holy Blood at, 28 _et seq._;
Procession of the Holy Blood, 32 _et seq._;
relic of the Holy Cross, 26;
tournament at, 306;
Charles the Bold buried at, 312
Bruges Matins, 15, 39
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