Antwerp, an experience in, 8-11; crippled by closing of the Scheldt, 18-19; first view of, 20-21; 71; 170; 228; "_Ville d'Art_," 268; painting by Van der Weyden at, 272; works by Memling at, 299; merchants leave Bruges for, 300; 312; "renowned for its money," 320; 323; 324; Cathedral spire completed, 339-340; "monuments" classified, 363; legend of Antigonus and Brabo, 393-394; Scheldt displaces the Zwyn as a highway of commerce, 394-395; under Dukes of Brabant, 395-397; under Dukes of Burgundy, 397-398; _Vielle Boucherie_ and Steen, 399; new trade routes favour city, 399-401; Quentin Matsys, 401-403; other early Antwerp painters, 403-405; legends of the Long Wapper, Kludde, etc., 405-410; prosperity under Charles V, 411; outbreak of the iconoclasts, 412-413; failure of the Duke of Alva, 414-415; the "Spanish Fury," 415-418; citadel and statue of Alva demolished, 418-419; the "French Fury," 419; the great siege, 419-422; ruin resulting from the Fury and the siege, 422-423; the great printing house of Plantin-Moretus, 423-437; home of Rubens, 438-439; Cathedral, description of, 439-442; life and achievements of Rubens, 442-447; mild government of Archdukes, 447-448; Van Dyck, 449-452; Quellin, Jordaens, David Teniers and lesser Antwerp artists, 452-455; Royal Museum of Fine Arts, 455-456; Hotel de Ville, 456-457; later history from the Archdukes to the Great War, 457-463. Archery contests in Belgium, 105-110. Ardennes, 130. Arenburg, Duke of, 211. Arnolfini, Jean, and wife, portraits of, by Jean Van Eyck, 340. Arnulph the Great, strengthens Flemish cities, 35; founds St. Donatian's at Bruges, 35. Arras, Treaty of 1191, 189; Treaty of 1435, 222-223; tapestry workers organised, 230; tapestries of, 278-279; starting point otapestry weaving, 385. Artois, Count of, besieges Furnes, 90; leads French at Battle of the Spurs, 157; death, 159; 160; County of Artois ceded to France, 189.