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Belgium
Omond, George W. T. (George William Thomson)
Belgium -- Description and travel
Liége, 176;
boundaries of the principality, 273;
early history, 279;
churches of, enriched by plunder of Chèvremone, 284;
Court of Peace, 287;
charter of Albert de Cuyck, 288 _et seq._;
sympathy with France in the fifteenth century; army of, defeated
at Montenac, 300;
rules imposed by Charles the Bold, 302;
his oppressions, 303, 304;
destroyed, 308, 309, 310;
recovery of, 313;
concessions granted by Mary of Burgundy, 313, 314;
relations with Germany, 326;
episcopal palace built, 327;
objections to a Papal inquisition, 328;
Spanish garrison at, 329;
magistrates claim right to hold the keys, 330;
they usurp the powers of the Bishop, 339;
Chiroux and Grignoux factions, 340;
mob take the episcopal palace, 350;
a citadel built, 351;
state of, from 1650 to 1688, 353, 354;
study of French literature, 354;
revolution of 1789, 357;
taken by the French in 1792, 359;
welcome to Dumouriez, 359;
in favour of union with French Republic, 359;
Mirabeau's visit, 359;
Cathedral of St. Lambert destroyed, 360, 361;
revolution of 1830, 364;
Place Verte, 365;
Place St. Lambert, 365;
Rue Leopold, 365;
Pont des Arches, 365;
episcopal palace (Palais de Justice), 365, 366;
Hôtel de Ville, 367;
steel and iron works, 367, 368;
bombarded by Marshal Boufflers, 370;
taken by the English, 370;
modern fortifications, 371
Lille, 227
Lilly the astrologer, 68
Limbourg, Simon de, 289
Lincoln, Bishop of, 31
Lombaerdzyde, 120, 124, 156, 177
Londonderry, 252
Longfellow, quoted, 5, 38, 58
Loove, the, at Bruges, 18
Louis de Bourbon becomes Bishop of Liége, 298, 299;
lives at Brussels, 304;
is surprised at Tongres by the Liégeois, 305;
obtains concessions in favour of the town, 313;
is murdered, 316
Louis of Maele, Count of Flanders, 59, 93, 95, 186, 188
Louis of Nassau, 342
Louis of Nevers, 53, 59
Louis XI., 189;
encourages the Liégeois to revolt, 300;
instigates Charles the Bold against Liége, 310;
marches with him to Liége, 307;
employs William de la Marck, 314
Louis XIII., 341
Louis XIV., 99, 197;
takes Bouillon, 373
Louis XVIII., 226, 227, 230, 231
Louvain, 23; Albert de, 289;
capital of old Brabant, 177;
inauguration of Dukes of Brabant, 186 _et seq._;
University, 211;
Séminaire Générale, 211;
Collège Philosophique, 236
Luxembourg, 99
Luxembourg, Count of, joins in the War of the Cow, 292, 293
Lyger, 152
Lys, the River, 165, 166
Maele, Louis of, 59, 93, 95
Maestricht, Abbey of, laid waste, 282;
siege of, 330
Magna Charta, 183
Maison des Orientaux, 77
Malines, 284
Malmedy, 282
Malplaquet, 371
Mannaert, 114
Manneken of Brussels, 217, 222
Marat, 220
Marbriers, Quai des, 13
Marchand, M., 343, 349
Marché du Vendredi at Ghent, 169
Margaret of Parma, 191
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