Notes
[ 1] l'Ancien Régime, livre 1er, ch. i. § 1.
[ 2] The reigning sovereign of Belgium, King Leopold II., is a descendant of Régnier au Long Col. (See [ Genealogical Table VI.])
[ 3] Anselme, Gesta episcop. Leod., Mon. Germ. Hist. Script., t. vii. p. 225.
[4] Histoire de Belgique, vol. i. ch. iii. p. 57 (Brussels, 1902).
[5] Lettres de Gerbert, ed. J. Havet, No. 50, p. 47 (Paris, 1889).
[6] See The Story of Bruges, ch. iii.
[7] The old Cloth Hall of Louvain, for example.
[8] Guillaume Cornelius of Antwerp. See Thomas de Cantimpré (a native of Brussels, born in 1201), Bonum universale de apibus, p. 433 (Duaci, 1605). 'Il importe de remarquer toutefois,' notes Pirenne (vol. i. p. 353), 'que ce Cornelius était hérétique, mais, même dans l'église orthodoxe, des prédications analogues à celles de Lambert le Bègue (see 'Story of Brussels.' p 233) et l'ardent mysticisme des premières béguines (see pp. [228] and [233]) devaient agir fortement sur le peuple.'
[9] See Divæus Annales, 1262.
[10] Within, that is, the first line of ramparts. For their circuit, see [map] (dotted line). The outer ramparts were not constructed till some fifty years later (1357-1359): during the reign of Duke Winceslaus. No vestige of them remains but the Porte de Hal. Their site is now occupied by the Outer Boulevards (see [map]).
[11] Chron. Brabant, t. iii. p. 47.
[12] The Castle of Heverlé is still standing; part of it dates from Coutherele's time, but the greater portion was erected in the course of the fifteen hundreds. It is a grand old building, picturesquely situated on the banks of the Dyle, in the midst of a beautiful and well-wooded park. It is one of the country seats of the Duc d'Arenberg, who kindly allows strangers to visit it.
[13] A portion of this building, now called La Tour d'Anneessens, is still standing. It is situated in a garden behind a tavern called à la vue de Steenporte, at the entrance to the rue Steenporte, on the left hand side of the way (see [map]). It is not visible from the street, but the landlord is always glad to allow his customers to visit it.
[14] T'Serclaes' house was at the end of what was then an impasse, called the Eetengat, now the rue de Berlaimont (see [map]).
[16] The ducal banner, which displayed on one side the Lion of Brabant and on the other Our Lady, was laid up in the Abbey of Afflighem, hard by Alost. This great benedictine house was the richest and most privileged in the Duchy. Its abbot had the right to wear episcopal robes, and he took precedence of all other ecclesiastics in the Estates of Brabant. Founded in 1080, it was demolished by the French revolutionists towards the close of the seventeen hundreds. Some vestiges of the church and cloistral buildings still remain.
[18] See [Genealogical Table IV.]
[20] Chronique du Duc Philippe, chap. lv.
[21] De Dynter, c. 161.
[22] These men seem to have been near kinsmen of Nicholas de Swaef.
[23] See De Dynter.
[25] Or Feudal party, as distinguished from the Kabiljauws or Town party, broadly speaking. 'Il n'est guère plus aisé' says Pirenne (Vol. II. p. 165), 'de comprendre l'acharnement qu'elles manifestèrent l'une contre l'autre pendant quatre-vingts ans, (1347-1427) que de découvrir l'origine des appellations par quoi elles se désignèrent. S'il est vrai que les Kabiljauws représentèrent surtout la politique urbaine et les intérêts de la bourgeoisie marchande, il ne l'est pas moins qu'ils ne les représentèrent pas uniquement. On trouve parmi eux de nombreux barons, de même que l'on constate dans le parti des Hoeks, plus spécialement nobiliaire, la présence de plu sieurs villes.
[26] This cathedral no longer exists. It was destroyed by the revolutionists in 1793.
[27 ] Until 1349: in that year Charles IV. recognised the principality as a fief of the Duchy of Brabant.
[28] See Revue de l'Art Chrétien, 3me livraison—Mai 1902, p. 244.
[29] See Histoire de Belgique, vol. i. p. 337.
[31] De Imitatione Christi, lib. i. cap. i. 3.
[32] Since writing this la Commission royale des monuments has intervened, and the proposed act of Vandalism will not be perpetrated.
[33] It was made a parish church in 1210. Previous to this date it was a chapel of ease to Saint Gudule's.
[35] For illustrations see pp. [7], [40], [85], [211], [364] and 375.
[36] See illustrations on pp. [307] and [361].
[40 ] Hugues van der Goes sa vie, et ses œuvres, par Alphonse Wauters, Archiviste de la ville de Bruxelles, etc. (Bruxelles, 1872.)
[41] A monastery which formerly stood at the corner of the Marché aux Grains and the Rue de Flandre. The modern Rue de Jéricho takes its name from this monastery.
[42] La Peinture Flamande, par A.-J. Wauters. (Bruxelles.)
[INDEX]
| [A] | [B] | [C] | [D] | [E] | [F] | [G] | [H] | I | [J] | [K] | [L] | [M] |
| [N] | [O] | [P] | Q | [R] | [S] | [T] | U | [V] | [W] | X | Y | [Z] |
- A
- Abbey Church of Parc, [193]
- Adelaide, Duchess, supports the Blankarden, [59]
- Adhilck, Lord of Hesbaye, changes his name to Bavo, [4];
- becomes patron of Ghent as Saint Bavo, [5]
- Aerschot, Parish Church of, [306]
- Alost, Church of Our Lady and Saint Martin at, [309]
- Anderlecht, Saint Guy of, [35]-[39]
- Andernach, Duke Giselbert surprised at, and drowned, [14], [15]
- Anne of Linange, wife of Sweder van Apcoude, [112];
- she surrenders Gaesbeke Castle, [117]
- Ansfried, Count of Louvain, influence of Bruno on, [18]
- Anthony, Regent of Brabant, [122]
- Antwerp Cathedral, [209], [213]
- Antwerp, heresy in, [230];
- canons of, ask the aid of Saint Norbert, [231]
- Arnon, Abbot of Elnone, [172]
- Arnulph I. heads a German army against Norsemen, [10];
- names his son Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia, [13]
- B
- Bavo, Saint, converted by Saint-Amand, [4];
- becomes patron of Ghent, [5]
- Beguines and Beghards, [233] et seq.
- Beyaert, Jan, his fine carving, [325];
- executed, [329]
- Blankarden, family of the, their rivalry to the Coelveren, [58] et seq.
- Bloemardine, a famous Brussels mystic, [241], [245], [246]
- Boudts, Dierick, a famous painter, [330], [339]-[342]
- Brabant, origin of place names in, [1], [2];
- Braine-le-Comte, surrender of, [164]
- Brethren of the Common Life, the, [250];
- their famous pupils, [251]
- Brigitine Nuns, Chapel of, [372]
- Brogne, Abbey of, origin of, [23]
- Bruno, Saint, receives ducal crown, [17];
- Brussels, etymology of name, [1];
- Butkins quoted, [107]
- C
- Calstere, Alderman Vanden, [89];
- Cathedral of Saint Lambert rifled and burnt by Danes, [9]
- Cathedral School of Liége, [174]
- Celites, the, their work, [238]
- Charlemagne, progress of Art under, [171]
- Charles of France claims his mother's dowry, [19];
- Charles the Bold, pavilion made in Brussels for his wedding, [223]
- Charles the Fat summoned from Italy, [10]
- Chastelain quoted, [126], [225]
- Cluny, effect of discipline of, [26], 27.
- Cluting, Amman of Brussels, divested of his office, [143];
- Cobham, Eleanor, rival of Jacqueline, accompanies Gloucester to Hainault, [166], [167];
- marries Gloucester, [168]
- Coelveren, family of the, rivals of the Blankardens, [58] et seq.
- College of Aldermen, [47] et seq., [89], [90]
- Conrad the Red, his character, [15]
- Consecrated wafers, legend regarding theft of, [244]
- Constance, Fathers of, elect Pope Martin V., [129]
- Cooman, Hendrick, architect, [279]
- Corneille, his brief career and cruel death, [286], [287]
- Coudenberg, Franz, canon of Saint Gudule's, [246];
- founds a community, [247]
- Council of Jurors, [47] et seq., [89], 90.
- Coutherele, Peter, Mayor of Louvain, [68];
- Crom Cruys, [117], [299]-[301]
- Crypt of Saint Guy at Anderlecht, [183]
- Cuyck, Henri de, his marriage, [79];
- intercedes with Winceslaus for Peter Coutherele, [85]
- D
- Dancers, the, cause massacre of Jews, [242]
- Danes first visit Brabant, [8];
- they destroy churches and murder monks, [9]
- Delft, Treaty of, Jacqueline acknowledges Philip as Regent by, [169]
- Domlinus, a hermit, legend of, [5]
- Duchess Jeanne negotiates with Coutherele, [75];
- Duke John I. proclaimed heir to Duchy of Brabant, [59];
- held in confidence and esteem, [60]
- Duke John II., riot during his absence, [63];
- Duke John III. appoints Coutherele mayor, [69];
- his death, [71]
- Duke John IV., scion of the house of Bourgogne, [119];
- marries Jacqueline, [130];
- cedes part of his wife's domains to John the Pitiless, [131];
- his feebleness, [132];
- a noteworthy day in his life, [134];
- Marguerite of Burgundy remonstrates with him, [137];
- summons Estates of Brabant to meet at Brussels, [138];
- delays to arbitrate between the Heetveldes and Vanderstraetens, [139];
- flees to Bois-le-Duc, [141];
- appears before Brussels at the head of an army of Germans, [145];
- enters Brussels, [149];
- conduct of his German knights, [150];
- citizens fetter and place knights in gaol, [152];
- his friends form a secret league for his defence, [157];
- the Estates recall him, [160];
- Mons besieged by, [165];
- his death, [169]
- Dynter, Edmund De, quoted, [70], [72], [73], [130], [133], [146], [154], [158], [164]
- E
- Elizabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg, marries John the Pitiless, [131]
- Englebert de la Mark, Bishop of Liége, [107]
- English surrender at Braine-le-Comte, strange delusion which led to, [164], [165]
- Estates of Brabant summoned to meet at Brussels, [138];
- Eyck, Jan van, [263], [267]
- F
- Feudal system rises on ruins of Imperialism, [12]
- Flagellants, the, [242]
- Flemings driven from Brussels, [109]
- Francon, Bishop, flees from Danes, [9];
- joins Arnulph's army, [10]
- G
- Gaesbeke, Castle of, [112], [113];
- Genappe, Castle of, as a refuge for the Jews, [242]
- Georgius, an Italian mechanician, [172]
- Gerard, first Abbot of Brogne, [23];
- Gerard of Vorsselaer, offers his services to the patricians of Louvain, [74];
- 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];
- Giselbert, Count, how his fortune was made, [13]
- Giselbert, Duke, succeeds his father, [14];
- 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];
- 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];
- Heetvelde, house of, [138];
- their quarrel with the Vanderstraetens, [139]
- Heinsberg, his plot with Cluting, [151];
- 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];
- 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,
- J
- Jacqueline, her birth, [125];
- forced to marry Duke John of Brabant, [127];
- part of her domains ceded by him, [131];
- disagreement with her husband, [132];
- rates him for two hours at Tervueren, [134];
- flees from Court, [137];
- enters Brussels in triumph, [141];
- captures Heusden and Gertruidenberg, [143];
- appeals to the Pope to dissolve her marriage with John and marries Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, [163];
- her letter to Humphrey, [165], [166];
- surrenders at Mons, [167];
- her escape, [167], [168];
- secretly marries Franche de Borselle, [170];
- dies of consumption, [170]
- Jean sans Peur, his characteristics, [125]
- Jews, outbreaks against, [241];
- the Dancers cause massacre of, [242]
- John of Arkel puts Louvain under interdict 84
- John of Louvain, theft of consecrated wafers by, [243]
- John the Pitiless, in sub-deacon's orders at seventeen, [128];
- Jonathan of Enghien, a Hebrew fanatic, [243]
- Jury, origin of the, [48]
- K
- Kegel, Alderman, [145], [146];
- escapes from Brussels, [153]
- Kelderman, Jan, designer of Tower of Saint Rombold, [197]
- Keldermans, the, a remarkable family, [197]-[201], [205], [208]
- L
- Lambert Balderick, real founder of Louvain, [41];
- builds and endows Saint Peter's, Louvain, [42]
- Lambert Longbeard, Count of Louvain, [41]
- Lambert Long Col claims Duchy of Lotharingia, [21]
- Léau, Saint Leonard's Church at, [306]
- Leyden, Wouter Vander, heads rioters, [88];
- Liége, diocese of, [9]
- Lierre, old church at, [305]
- Lierre, Town Hall of, bell taken from Braine, hung in, [165]
- Lignages, or clans, [50], [51]
- Long Col, house of, [13]-[21]
- Lotharingia, monastic domains of,
- Louis of Maele. 71, [107], [120]
- Louvain, old Bourg of, [41];
- Low Country, features of, and trade in, [31]-[34]
- M
- Maeseyck, illuminated copy of the Gospels in old church at, [173]
- Maison du Roi, La, [202]
- Marguerite of Maele, a rich young widow, [119], [120], [125]
- Marsdale, Jan van, sculptor, [197]
- Martin V., Pope, his letters to Duke John, [130]
- Marvis, Bishop Walter de, a great church-builder, [193]
- Matthew de Layens, builder of Louvain Town Hall, [318]-[324]
- Mechlin, architecture of, [302]
- Mechlin Cathedral, [301]
- Merchants' Guild, [47], [48], [89], [90]
- Metsys, Quentin, a famous painter, [330], [347], [350]
- Mons, siege of, [165]
- Monstrelet quoted, [133]
- Montenaeken, battle of, called 'Saint Lambert's triumph,' 277
MuncipalMunicipal organisation of towns in Brabant, [47] et seq.
- N
- Nivelles, Abbey of, founded by Saint Gertrude, [6]
- Nivelles, specimen of Romanesque architecture at, [188];
- Norbert, Saint, of Laon invited to Antwerp, [231];
- founds Premonstratensian Order, [232]
- Notre-Dame au-delà de la Dyle, Church of, [201], [268]
- Notre-Dame de la Chapelle, [181], [260], [264]
- Notre-Dame du Lac at Thienhoven, [305]
- Notre-Dame du Sablon, [260]
- O
- Orley, Bernard van, a famous painter, [206], [207], [330], [350], [357]
- Otbert of Liége, his support of the Emperor, [28]
OrthéeOthée, battle at, [129]- Otho, Emperor, [14], [15];
- Otho II., his policy, [20]
- Our Lady of Deliverance, Chapel of, [372]
- Our Lady of Hanswyck, Church of, at Mechlin, [372]
- P
- Parc, Abbey of, [232]
- Peace of 1378, or Great Charter, [87]
- 'Petermen,' their privileges, [42], [44];
- rich and powerful, [95]
- Peter the Hermit, draws many recruits from Brabant, [226]
- Philip of Valois, his marriage, [120];
- Philippe de Commines quoted, [220], [223]
- Philippe l'Asseuré, condition of towns of Brabant in days of, [225]
- Pierre de Clermont, Bishop of Cambrai, [247]
- Pirenne, M., quoted, [17], [50], [167], [230], [238]
- Platvoet, Jan, his cruel murder, [92]
- Portman, Hendrick, chosen a city captain, [89]
- Premonstratensian Order founded, [232]
- R
- Rastatt, Treaty of, effect of, [373]
- Régnier au Long Col, ancestor of Sovereigns of Brabant, [13];
- virtual ruler of Lotharingia, [14]
- Régnier III. of Hainault, [15];
- Reynold, Lord of Schoonvorst, a trusted adviser of his Sovereign, [72]
- Rogge, Gedulphe, devoted adherent of Peter Coutherele, [79]
- Rolfe the Ganger routed at Louvain, [8]
- Rombold, Saint, preaching in Brabant, becomes a martyr, [5], [6]
- Rotslaere appointed treasurer of Brabant, [133]
- Rubens, altar-piece by, in Saint Jacques' at Antwerp, [196]
- Ruotger quoted, [18]
- Ruysbroek, Jan van, a mystic of Brussels, [241], [245], [246];
- S
- Saint-Amand, effect of his preaching, [4]
- Saint Anne, Chapel of, [372]
- Saint Bavo, Church of, [215]
- Saint Catherine, Parish Church of, at Brussels, [243]-[245]
- Sainte Chapelle des Miracles, [208]
- Saint Gertrude's Abbey, conference at, [88]
- Saint Hubert's Chapel at Tervueren, [4]
- Saint Jacques, Church of, at Louvain, [192], [193]
- Saint Jacques, Parish Church of, at Antwerp, [196]
- Saint Jacques sur Coudenberg, church of the Court, [177]
- Saint Michael and Saint Gudule, Church of, [182], [270] et seq.
- Saint Nicholas, Church of, [175]
- Saint Peter and Saint Guy, Church of, at Anderlecht, [35]
- Saint Peter, Church of, at Mechlin, [372]
- Saint Peter's, Louvain, [42]-[46], [289] et seq.
- Saint-Pierre de Louvain, [289] et seq.
- Saint-Pol, Philip of, enters Brussels with Jacqueline, [141];
- goes to Louvain, [149]
- Saint Rombold, Tower of, at Mechlin, [197]
- Schaeys, M., quoted, [184]
- Sedulius, an Irish scholar, [172]
- Sieger, head of house of Heetvelde, murdered, [139]
- Stalle, Jean van, Dean of Church of Saint Mary at Hal, [113]
- Steen of Antwerp, [208], [209]
- Steenporte, attack on, [98]
- Sweder van Apcoude, his succession disputed, [111];
- Swertere, Alderman Jan De, a patrician who favoured the people, [80];
- assisted to retaliate by the plebeians, [93]
- T
- Taine quoted, [7]
- Tanchelm, claims to be a prophet, [229];
- stabbed at Antwerp, [230]
- Tervueren, Saint Hubert's Chapel at, [4]
- Tetdon, Bishop, quoted, [23]
- Thienhoven, or Tirlemont, churches at, [305]
- Thierry, Bishop of Liége, killed at
OrthéeOthée, [129] - Thomas à Kempis, educated by Brethren of the Common Life, [251];
- quoted, [255]
- Tongerloo, Abbey of, [232]
- Tournai, Cathedral of, [191], [193], [194]
- Tour Noire, la, [182], [183]
- Town Hall of Brussels, the, [313]
- Town Hall of Louvain, the, [318]
- T'Serclaes, Everard, his birth, [106];
- T'Serclaes, Jan, chosen to succeed his uncle Everard in the College of Aldermen, [115]
- V
- Vandenberghe, Treasurer, exiled, [132];
- murdered, [133]
- Vandenberg, Jan, architect, [279]
- Van der Goes, Hugo, a famous painter, [330], [342]-[347]
- Vanderstraetens, the, their quarrel with the Heetveldes, [139], [140]
- Van der Weyden, Roger, a famous painter, [263], [267], [330], [333]-[338]
- Vander Zype, Gerard, in the tribune of proclamation, [158];
- Vilvorde, combat at, [65]
- Vorst, Plysis van, first architect of his day, [291]-[294]
- W
- Waghemakere, Dominic de, an architect, [208], [209], [218]
- Waghemakere, Herman de, works on Antwerp Cathedral, [205]
- Wazon, Bishop, his loyalty to Otho, [17]
- Wenzel, King of the Romans, [121]
- White Canons, monasteries of the, [232]
- 'White Hoods,' the, [89], [93]
- William of Assche, Amman
ofof Brussels, [132]; - Winceslaus, Duke, [71];
- Windesheim, Monastery of, [251]
- Z
- Zacites, or Brethren of the Sack, [240]
- Zwentibold, son of Arnulph I., made king, [13],
- death of, [14].
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Many proper nouns have variations in spellings, they have not been standardized.
Variations in spelling between English, French, Latin and Flemish words have not been changed.
| Page | Printed | Changed to |
|---|---|---|
| [xiv] | St Charles | St. Charles |
| [xv] | Pieta | Pièta |
| [2] | down-trodden and the | downtrodden and the |
| [14] | that event took took | that event took |
| [66] | to crush and | to crush any |
| [facing 66] | Feb., 6 | Feb. 6, |
| [79] | strongholds.. | strongholds. |
| [101] | without increasng taxation | without increasing taxation |
| [105] | directed o her | directed to her |
| [116] | bareheaded and unshod | bare-headed and unshod |
| [127] | bed-rock of the house | bedrock of the house |
| [145] | croned a hag, | crooned a hag, |
| [163] | Hal acknowleged Gloucester | Hal acknowledged Gloucester |
| [164] | stored with supplies | stored with supplies. |
| [169] | lieutentant of Zeeland | lieutenant of Zeeland |
| [170] | to chose between | to choose between |
| [177] | mysterous power of | mysterious power of |
| [223] | pèu de honte | peu de honte |
| [232] | and a few out-buildings | and a few outbuildings |
| [233] | Saint Bega of Nivelles | Saint Begga of Nivelles |
| [233] | Lambert le Bégue | Lambert le Bègue |
| [236] | Béguines at Mechlin | Beguines at Mechlin |
| [237] | were the most wide-spread | were the most widespread |
| [274] | Chapel of Saint Gery | Chapel of Saint Géry |
| [291] | man of humple origin | man of humble origin |
| [336] | sight-seeing and devotion | sightseeing and devotion |
| [348] | spendour of Rubens | splendour of Rubens |
| [381] | Muncipal organisation of | Municipal organisation of |
| [381] | Orthée, battle at | Othée, battle at |
| [382] | killed at Orthée | killed at Othée |
| [383] | Amman of of Brussels | Amman of Brussels |