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[175]
XIV.The Bombardment of 1695—The Grande Place—Church of Ste. Gudule—Charles Of Lorraine[195]
XV.Joseph II and the Revolution of Brabant[209]
XVI.The Jacobins of Brussels—Visit of Napoleon—he Hundred Days[219]
XVII.The Dutch Government—The Revolution of 1830[233]
XVIII.The Vicissitudes of Antwerp[243]
XIX.The Principality of Liége[273]
XX.Early History of Liége—Bishop Notger—The Court of Peace[279]
XXI.The Dukes of Burgundy—Destruction of Liége by Charles the Bold[295]
XXII.The Wild Boar of Ardennes[313]
XXIII.Érard de la Marck—The Principality in the Sixteenth Century[325]
XXIV.The Chiroux and the Grignoux—The Tragic Banquet of Warfusée[339]
XXV.The Gaming-tables at Spa—The French Revolution—Annexation of the Principality[353]
XXVI.Liége and the Valley of the Meuse in Modern Times—Bouillon[363]
Index[377]