Francon, Bishop, flees from Danes, 9; joins Arnulph's army, 10 G Gaesbeke, Castle of, 112, 113; siege of, 115; capitulation of, 117 Genappe, Castle of, as a refuge for the Jews, 242 Georgius, an Italian mechanician, 172 Gerard, first Abbot of Brogne, 23; the secret of his success, 24, 25 Gerard of Vorsselaer, offers his services to the patricians of Louvain, 74; offers the same at Brussels, 97, 98 Gerberge, daughter of Henry I., 14, 19 Gertrude, daughter of Pepin of Landen, foundress of Abbey of Nivelles, 6, 188 Gertruidenberg besieged and burnt, 143 Gheel, Church of Saint Dymphna at, 306 Ghent, Cathedral of, 215-218; Town Hall of, 213-215 Giselbert, Count, how his fortune was made, 13 Giselbert, Duke, succeeds his father, 14; his character and death, 14, 15 Godfrey Longbeard, Duke, lays foundation stone of Notre-Dame de la Chapelle, 181; founds Abbeys of Tongerloo and Parc, 232 Godfrey of Verdun, his message to his wife, 18 Godfrey the Hunchback, his character, 27 Gorcum, Treaty of, 136 Grand Béguinage at Louvain, 235, 236 Grave, Myn Here Van, cruel treatment of, 93 Groenendael, community founded at, 247 Groote, Geert, disciple of Ruysbroek, 249; his preaching, 250 Gudule, Saint, legends relating to her life, 270, 273 Guild Halls in Grand' Place at Brussels, 257, 372 Guy, Saint, of Anderlecht, 35; legends about him, 35-39 H Hadewych, Sister, a writer of glowing prose and frenzied verse, 240 Hal, Church of Our Lady and Saint Martin at, 260, 310, 313 Halene, slain by her father for embracing Christianity, 6 Hanneman, Jan, a rich cloth merchant of Louvain, 79; sent to Germany to raise money, 80; disappears, 83 Heetvelde, house of, 138; their quarrel with the Vanderstraetens, 139 Heinsberg, his plot with Cluting, 151; captured and imprisoned, 152; released, 160 Hellebeke, Jan Van, Commander-in-chief at Gaesbeke Castle, 114; his life spared on surrender, 117 Henry I., Emperor, gives his daughter to Giselbert, 14 Henry IV., Emperor, his policy, 28, 29 Henry of Limburg refuses to acknowledge Henry V., 29 Herengolys, Peter, Mayor of Louvain, 79; flees to Asten, 81; disappears, 83; captured and executed, 84 Heusden surrendered, 142 Heverlé, Castle of, 83 Hinckaert, Jan, canon of Saint Gudule's, 246 Holy Trinity, College of the, at Louvain, 372 Hommes de Sainte Gertrude, 188, 189 Hubert, Saint, Bishop of Liége, conversion of Brabant due to his zeal, 4 Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, marries Jacqueline, 163; marries Eleanor Cobham, 168 J