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Title: Belgium
Author: George W. T. (George William Thomson) Omond
Release Date: July 11, 2014 [eBook #46248]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK BELGIUM***
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BELGIUM
AGENTS
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BRUSSELS
The Hôtel de Ville, a corner of the Grande Place,
showing La Maison des Brasseurs, La Maison du Cygne,
and La Maison de l'Étoile.
BELGIUM
PAINTED BY AMÉDÉE
FORESTIER · TEXT BY
GEORGE W. T. OMOND
PUBLISHED BY A. & C.
BLACK · SOHO SQUARE
LONDON · W · MCMVIII
Contents
| Chapter | ||
| I. | The Market-place and Belfry of Bruges—Early History | 3 |
| II. | Baldwin Bras-de-fer—The Place Du Bourg—Murder Of Charles the Good | 11 |
| III. | The Béguinage—Churches—The Relic of The Holy Blood | 23 |
| IV. | The Bruges Matins—Battle of the Golden Spurs | 39 |
| V. | Damme—The Sea-fight at Sluis—Splendour Of Bruges in the Middle Ages— | 49 |
| VI. | Bruges la Morte | 63 |
| VII. | The Plain of West Flanders—Ypres | 83 |
| VIII. | Furnes—The Procession of Penitents | 109 |
| IX. | Nieuport—The Battle of the Dunes | 119 |
| X. | The Coast of Flanders | 129 |
| XI. | Coxyde—The Scenery of the Dunes | 151 |
| XII. | Ghent | 163 |
| XIII. | The Dukes of Brabant—The Joyeuse Entrée—End of the Sixteenth Century |