The Spell of Flanders: An Outline of the History, Legends and Art of Belgium's Famous Northern ProvincesVose, Edward Neville
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The Spell of Flanders: An Outline of the History, Legends and Art of Belgium's Famous Northern Provinces
Vose, Edward Neville
Flanders -- Description and travel
Notre Dame, Cathedral of, at Antwerp, 20; 228;
well cover made by Quentin Matsys, 401;
description of, 440-442.
Notre Dame de Pamela, church of, at Audenaerde, 387-389.
Notre Dame, church of, at Bruges, 50-53;
remains of Charles the Bold placed in, 292; 303; 306.
Notre Dame, church of, at Courtrai, 162-163.
Notre Dame au delà de la Dyle, church of, at Malines, 316;
description, 327-328.
Notre Dame d'Hanswyck, church of, at Malines, 316;
description, 328-329.
Notre Dame, Cathedral of, at Tournai, 245;
description, 255-262.
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Order of the Golden Fleece, 58; 172; 175;
established by Philip the Good, 221-222;
fêtes at Lille, 227;
Tournai tapestries ordered for, 279;
chapter at Malines, 334;
at Antwerp, 412;
portrait of Charles V wearing insignia of, 376.
Ostende, part of the Franc of Bruges, 59; 102;
canal from Nieuport to, 103; 324; 359;
on main tourist routes, 464;
great siege of 1601-1603, 465-469;
renown as a watering place since 1830, 470;
description of the _Digue_, the Esplanade and the beach, 471-472;
summer prices at, 472-473;
the Kursaal, 473-477;
the Estacade, 477-478;
last glimpses of, 478-479.
Orleans, Duke of, 220; 233.
Ortelius, 431.
Oudenaarde, Jan van, 72.
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Pape, Simon de, early painter of Audenaerde, 384; 389.
Parma, Duke of, captures Ypres, 144;
besieges Tournai, 249;
son of Margaret of Parma, 378;
Regent of the Netherlands, 379; 414;
siege of Antwerp, 419-422; 447;
siege of Ostende, 465.
Pauwels, Ferdinand, 121-122.
Pavia, Battle of, 62.
Pembroke, Duke of, 70.
Péronne, 138;
Louis XI visits Charles the Bold at, 288; 293.
Péterinck, François, maker of fine porcelains at Tournai, 280.
Philibert II, Duke of Savoy, 335.
Philip of Alsace, Count of Flanders, grants charters to many Flemish
cities, 55; 59;
grants the _Keurbrief_, 59-61; 87; 129;
builds Spuytorre at Courtrai, 164;
erects Château des Comtes at Ghent, 171; 173; 189.
Philip Augustus, King of France, 135-136; 138; 153;
Treaty of Arras, 189;
annexes Tournai, 248;
painting of, at Tournai, 274.
Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, 90; 124;
removes clock at Courtrai, 148;
rebuilds Spuytorre at Courtrai, 164;
marries Margaret of Maele, 183;
significance of this event, 205-206;
acknowledged as Count of Flanders, 218;
arranges the marriages of Cambrai, 218-219;
death, 220;
court painter of, 230-231; 397.
Philippe de Champaigne, 376.
Philip the Fair (Philippe le Bel), King of France, 153;
annexes Flanders, 154;
at Bruges, 155;
rage over the Matin de Bruges, 156;
defeated at Courtrai, 157-160;
sheriffs of, besieged at Ghent, 177.
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