BelgiumOmond, George W. T. (George William Thomson)
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Belgium
Omond, George W. T. (George William Thomson)
Belgium -- Description and travel
Dinant, situation of, 274;
people of, invade Namur and Luxembourg, 293;
declares war against Namur, 300;
destroyed by Charles the Bold, 301;
citadel rebuilt, 327;
now part of fortifications on the Meuse, 372
Donatian, Church of St., built by Baldwin Bras-de-Fer, 13;
Bertulf, Provost of, 17;
site of, 14;
murder of Charles the Good in, 15;
destroyed, 76
Don John of Austria, 66, 69
Dordrecht, 26, 27
Duinbergen, 54, 148, 149
Dumouriez, 220;
welcomed at Liége, 359
Dunes, Battle of the, 119;
scenery of, 157 _et seq._
Durancy, Mademoiselle, 205
Dyle, the River, 183
Dyver, the, at Bruges, 9, 10
Edward III., 53-55, 58;
at Ghent, 166
Edward IV., 26
Egmont, Count, 98, 168, 170, 200
Elba, 224
Elias, sixth Abbot of Coxyde, 154
Enghien, 196
English competition with Flemish trade, 178;
with German, 267
English Merchant Adventurers, 78
Erard de la Marck, 325 _et seq._
Erembalds, 16 _et seq._;
feud with Straetens, 17;
destruction of, 21
Ernest, Archduke, 193
Ernest of Bavaria, 331 _et seq._
Ethelbald, 12
Ethelwulf, husband of Judith, daughter of Charles the Bald, 12
Evendyck, 131
Everard de la Mark, 322, 323
Eyck, van, elder and younger, 14, 21, 60, 49, 129, 171
Ferdinand of Bavaria, 337, 339
Ferdinand of Spain, 190
Flanders, Count of, opposes Simon de Limbourg, 289;
joins in the War of the Cow, 293
Flanders, state of, in early times, 7, 8;
invaded by Normans, 11, 12;
origin of title 'Count of,' 14;
defended by Baldwin Bras-de-Fer, 13;
allied to England, 54;
neutrality of, in 1340 and 1830, 53;
invaded by French, 59;
plain of, 83 _et seq._;
ignorance of country people in, 85;
smuggling between France and, 87;
annexed to France, 40, 100;
invaded by English, 92;
causes of disunion in, 106, 107;
ceded to the Infanta Isabella, 120;
contrast between different parts of, 129, 151;
coast of, 129 _et seq._
Fléron, Théodore, 349
Fleurus, Battle of, 219, 220
Flotte, Pierre, Chancellor of France, 43, 47
Flushing, 61, 252, 255
Foréts, Department of, 363
Fox, Sir Stephen, 74
France, Flanders annexed to, 40, 100
France, Palais du, 7, 63
Franchimont, 315
Frankfort, Diet of (1519), 326
Frederic de Montigny, 320
Frederick III., 300
Frederick, Prince, attacks Brussels, 239 _et seq._
French Consulate at Bruges, 78
French literature studied at Liége, 354
French Revolution, 357
Freyr, 274
Furnes, 110-118;
procession of penitents at, 113;
Church of Ste. Walburge, 110;
Hôtel de Ville and Palais de Justice, 110;
Church of St. Nicholas, 110;
Corps de Garde Espagnol and Pavillon des Officiers Espagnols, 112
Gambia, Lord, at Ghent, 167
Gand, Porte de, 15
Gardiner, Dr., quoted, 52
Gauthier de Sapignies, 45
Gembloux, 285
Genoese merchants, house of, at Bruges, 78
George III., 74
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