The Spell of Flanders / An Outline of the History, Legends and Art of Belgium's Famous Northern Provinces

by Edward Neville Vose

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[INDEX]

• A
• Aardenburg, [59].
• Adornes, Anselm and John, of Bruges, [309].
• Adrian of Utrecht, [341].
• Agincourt, Battle of, [220].
• Agrippa, Cornelius, [341].
• Aire, seized by Philip Augustus, [135].
• Albert, Archduke, and Regent of Spanish Netherlands, defeated in Battle of the Dunes, [96-98];
• portrait by Rubens, [441];
• arrival at Antwerp, [447];
• welcomes Rubens, [448]; [457];
• siege of Ostende, [465-469].
• Albert I, King of the Belgians, makes headquarters at Furnes in the Great War, [87];
• continues wise policies of predecessors, [462];
• peace and contentment under reign of, [462-463].
• Alençon, Duke of, [419].
• Alfred the Great, taught by Judith, afterwards Countess of Flanders, [26];
• daughter Alfrida marries Baldwin II, [24]; [182].
• Alfrida, daughter of Alfred the Great, [34]; [182].
• Allen, Grant, “Belgium, its Cities,” cited, [235].
• Allowin, afterwards St. Bavon, [181-182].
• Alost, seized by Spanish mutineers, [415].
• Alsace, revolts against tyranny of Charles the Bold, [289].
• Alva, Duke of, recommends destruction of Ghent, [352];
• made Regent of Spanish Netherlands, [381]; [386];
• policy a failure, [414-415]; [416];
• citadel and statue demolished, [418-419]; [447].
• Amiens, repulses Charles the Bold, [289]; [326].
• Angelo, Michael, Virgin and Child at Bruges, [51];
• compared with Rubens, [438].
• Antigonus, legend of, [393-394].
• Antoing, village near Fontenoy, [253]; [255-256].
• Antwerp, an experience in, [8-11];
• crippled by closing of the Scheldt, [18-19];
• first view of, [20-21]; [71]; [170]; [228];
• “Ville d’Art,” [268];
• painting by Van der Weyden at, [272];
• works by Memling at, [299];
• merchants leave Bruges for, [300]; [312];
• “renowned for its money,” [320]; [323]; [324];
• Cathedral spire completed, [339-340];
• “monuments” classified, [363];
• legend of Antigonus and Brabo, [393-394];
• Scheldt displaces the Zwyn as a highway of commerce, [394-395];
• under Dukes of Brabant, [395-397];
• under Dukes of Burgundy, [397-398];
• Vielle Boucherie and Steen, [399];
• new trade routes favour city, [399-401];
• Quentin Matsys, [401-403];
• other early Antwerp painters, [403-405];
• legends of the Long Wapper, Kludde, etc., [405-410];
• prosperity under Charles V, [411];
• outbreak of the iconoclasts, [412-413];
• failure of the Duke of Alva, [414-415];
• the “Spanish Fury,” [415-418];
• citadel and statue of Alva demolished, [418-419];
• the “French Fury,” [419];
• the great siege, [419-422];
• ruin resulting from the Fury and the siege, [422-423];
• the great printing house of Plantin-Moretus, [423-437];
• home of Rubens, [438-439];
• Cathedral, description of, [439-442];
• life and achievements of Rubens, [442-447];
• mild government of Archdukes, [447-448];
• Van Dyck, [449-452];
• Quellin, Jordaens, David Teniers and lesser Antwerp artists, [452-455];
• Royal Museum of Fine Arts, [455-456];
• Hotel de Ville, [456-457];
• later history from the Archdukes to the Great War, [457-463].
• Archery contests in Belgium, [105-110].
• Ardennes, [130].
• Arenburg, Duke of, [211].
• Arnolfini, Jean, and wife, portraits of, by Jean Van Eyck, [340].
• Arnulph the Great, strengthens Flemish cities, [35];
• founds St. Donatian’s at Bruges, [35].
• Arras, Treaty of 1[191], [189];
• Treaty of 1[435], [222-223];
• tapestry workers organised, [230];
• tapestries of, [278-279];
• starting point otapestry weaving, [385].
• Artois, Count of, besieges Furnes, [90];
• leads French at Battle of the Spurs, [157];
• death, [159]; [160];
• County of Artois ceded to France, [189].
• Audenaerde, tapestries, [5];
• guildsmen from at Battle of the Spurs, [157]; [202];
• siege of by Philip Van Artevelde, [208];
• besieged bPhilip the Bold, [218];
• besieged by men from Ghent, [225];
• Louis XI drives tapestry weavers from Arras to, [278];
• tapestry ateliers specialise in pastoral scenes, [279];
• country around, described, [367-368];
• monument to volunteers who died in Mexico, [369-370];
• description of Hotel de Ville, [370-376];
• birthplace of Margaret of Parma, [377];
• communal museum in Hotel de Ville, [381-382];
• Cloth Hall, [382-383];
• church of Ste. Walburge, [383-385];
• tapestry weaving at, [385-387];
• church of Notre Dame de Pamela, [387-389];
• Château de Bourgogne, [390];
• many religious institutions of, [390];
• sieges and battles of the past, [391-392]; [413].
• Austria, War of the Austrian Succession, [250];
• Austrian troops at Fontenoy, [251];
• arms of, at Audenaerde, [373];
• Flanders during Warof the Austrian Succession, [458];
• under Austrian Empire, [458-459].
• Auxerre, marriage of Baldwin I and Judith in 863, [26].
• B
• Baldwin of Constantinople, Count of Flanders, [129-139];
• painting of, at Courtrai, [152]; [153]; [162]; [189]; [197];
• portrait of, [373].
• Baldwin of the Iron Arm, first Count of Flanders, [26];
• remains of old Bourg, [27];
• traces of chapel, [28]; [55-56]; [57]; [218].
• Baldwin II, marries Alfrida, [34];
• fortifies Flemish towns, [34-35]; [182].
• Baldwin V, Count of Flanders, tower of, at Audenaerde, [376].
• Baldwin VIII, signs Treaty of Arras, [189].
• Basina, marriage to Childeric at Tournai, [246-247]; [265].
• Basinus, King of the Thuringians, [246].
• Battle of the Spurs, [58]; [119];
• account of, [156-160]; [177]; [191];
• effects of, [192-193]; [196]; [224]; [314].
• Bazaine, Marshal of France, [370].
• Beaconsfield, Lord, quoted, [251].
• Beaune, painting by Van der Weyden at, [271].
• Beauvais, repulses Charles the Bold, [289]; [387].
• Béguinage, at Bruges, [33-36];
• origin of institution, [34-35];
• Grand Béguinage at Ghent, [35];
• description of, [209-213];
• Petit Béguinage at Ghent, [210];
• at Audenaerde, [390].
• Belfry, at Bruges, built above the Boterbeke, [27];
• history and description of, [63-67];
• at Courtrai, [147-148];
• at Ghent, [184];
• description of, [195-198];
• at Tournai, description of, [262-263];
• at Bruges, completed under Margaret of Austria, [340].
• Belgian coast, [16];
• Belgian barbers, [44-46];
• Belgian State Railway train service, [79-83];
• Belgian popular sports, [105-115];
• Belgian thrift, [216-217];
• Belgian State Railway, working peoples’ trains, [242-245].
• Bellegambe, [274].
• Bergues, canal from Nieuport to, [104].
• Berthout, Gauthier, Bishop of Malines, [312].
• Berthout, Jean, Bishop of Malines, [314].
• Bertulph, Provost of St. Donatian, [37];
• executed at Ypres, [40-41].
• Bicycle racing in Belgium, [111-112].
• Billets d’abonnement, [3]; [79];
• for working-people, [242-243].
• Biloque (or Biloke) Hospital at Ghent, [209].
• Bladelin, Peter, town house at Bruges, [309];
• founder of Middleburg, [309].
• Blankenberghe, from the sea, [16];
• part of the Franc of Bruges, [59]; [324].
• Blasère, William de, constructs first hothouse at Ghent, [356].
• Blaton, [368].
• Blondeel, Lancelot, [61].
• Blücher, [359].
• Bosch, Jerome, [341]; [405].
• Botanical Garden at Malines, [316];
• at Ghent, [356-358].
• Boterbeke River, intersection with the Roya, [26];
• subterranean channel of, [27].
• Boulger, “History of Belgium,” quoted, [293].
• Bouts, Dierick, life and principal works, [307-309]; [341]; [401].
• Bouvines, Battle of, [136].
• Brabant, Duchy of, [137];
• united to Flanders by marriages of Cambrai, [218-219];
• Philip the Good becomes Duke of, [221];
• Duke of, at siege of Tournai, [249]; [286];
• Dukes of, contend with Counts of Flanders for Malines, [315];
• Dukes of, rule over Antwerp, [395-397].
• Brabo, legend of, [393-394].
• Braekeleer, Henri de, “Nursery Garden” in Antwerp Museum, [456].
• Braine-le-Comte, Flemish name for, [150].
• Brauwer, Adrian, [454].
• Breidel, John, Dean of Butchers’ Guild at Bruges, [154];
• at the Matin de Bruges [155-156];
• at the Battle of Courtrai, [157-160].
• Breughel, Peter the Elder, principal works and characteristics, [404-405].
• Brioches, [46].
• Britto, Jean, printer at Bruges, [58].
• Broederlam, Melchior, early painter of Ypres, [230-231].
• Broel Towers at Courtrai, [164].
• Brou, in Savoy, [335-336].
• Bruges, repels Philip the Good in 1[437], [4];
• murder of Charles the Good, [4-5] and [36-42];
• lace makers at, [5];
• the first capital of Flanders, [13];
• first visit to, [24];
• founding of, [26];
• derivation of name, [26-27];
• Vieux Bruges (old Bruges), [27-28];
• more tourists than formerly, [30];
• some quaint old streets, [31];
• lacemakers on rue du Rouleau, [32];
• fortified by Baldwin II, [34];
• from Charles the Good to Marie of Burgundy, [52-53];
• charter granted by Philip of Alsace, [55];
• description of Hotel de Ville, [57-59];
• Belfry and chimes, [65-67];
• Halles, description of, [67-68];
• period of greatest commercial activity, [68-70];
• silting up of the Zwyn, [70-71];
• Baldwin of Constantinople holds court at, [137];
• artisans from Ypres move to, [145];
• revolt against the French, [154];
• visit of King of France, [155];
• the Matin de Bruges, [155-156];
• guildsmen from Bruges at Battle of the Spurs, [157]; [171];
• superseded by Ghent as capital of Flanders, [189]; [190]; [192]; [197];
• influence of Jacques Van Artevelde in, [200];
• capital of Louis of Maele, [205]; [210];
• Philip the Good establishes Order of the Golden Fleece, [221-222];
• the Bruges Vespers, [223-224];
• the “Great Humiliation,” [224-225];
• Guild of St. Luke organised, [229-230];
• Jehan de Bruges, [230];
• “Ville d’Art,” [268]; [277];
• principal capital of Charlesthe Bold, [287];
• marriage of Maximilian and Marie of Burgundy, [294];
• Memling at Bruges, [294-299];
• Gheerhardt David, [299-300];
• other early Flemish painters, [300-302];
• the Gruuthuise Palace, [302-305];
• Cathedral of St. Sauveur, [305-307];
• other fine old mediæval buildings, [309-310]; [312];
• “renowned for its pretty girls,” [321]; [323];
• Treaty of Cambrai, [338-339];
• Belfry completed under Margaret of Austria, [340]; [344];
• paintings by Van der Goes, [362];
• “monuments” classified, [363]; [366]; [393]; [394]; [397]; [398];
• attempt to close the Scheldt, [399-400]; [401]; [434]; [448]; [456].
• Brunehault, rival of Fredegonda, [247-248].
• Brussels, [9];
• relation to Flanders, [12-13];
• more French than Flemish, [13];
• weather at, [22-23];
• passage through, [24]; [150]; [170]; [219];
• Hotel de Ville built by Philip the Good, [228];
• tapestry workers organised, [230];
• part of the “Adoration of the Lamb” in Museum, [238]; [243];
• work of Van der Weyden at, [271];
• “Abdication of Charles V,” by Gallait at, [273];
• Stallaert’s “Death of Dido” at, [274];
• tapestry weavers of Arras driven to, [278];
• extorts privileges from Charles the Bold, [287];
• works by Memling at, [299];
• works by Dierick Bouts at, [308];
• “renowned for its noble men,” [321]; [324]; [339];
• Cathedral of Ste. Gudule erected, [340];
• manuscripts of Margaret of Austria in Bibliotheque Royale, [342];
• Marie of Hungary removes capital to, [342]; [351]; [359];
• “Madness of Hugo Van der Goes” in the Modern Gallery, [361];
• portrait of Charles the Bold by Van der Goes, [362]; [367]; [368];
• Henri Van Péde architect of Hotel de Ville, [371];
• “Legend of St. Anne,” by Quentin Matsys, [403]; [443]; [444];
• Modern Gallery compared with Royal Museum at Antwerp, [456]; [464].
• Burgundy, Dukes of, [4]; [17]; [174];
• the marriages of Cambrai, [218-219];
• power extended by Treaty of Arras, [222-223];
• further extended at Péronne, [288];
• defeated by Swiss at Granson, Morat and Nancy, [290-292];
• Kingdom of Burgundy almost established, [293]; [315]; [351];
• early château at Audenaerde, [390]; [395];
• acquire Antwerp, [398];
• tyranny of, [462].
• Byzantine Emperors, coins of, found at Tournai, [265].
• C
• Caen, Normandy, Plantin learns art of printing in, [423]; [424].
• Cæsar, Julius, [245]; [393].
• Calais, siege of by Philip the Good, [223].
• Calloo, [399]; [420]; [421].
• Calvinists, partially destroy Abbey of St. Bavon, [184];
• propose to present “Adoration of the Lamb” to Queen Elizabeth, [237].
• Cambrai, [61];
• Marriages of, [218-219];
• League of, [337];
• Treaty of, [338-339]; [351].
• Campin, Robert, early painter of Tournai, [270]; [273]; [274].
• Carnot, Gen., defence of Antwerp, [460].
• Cassel, captured by Philip Augustus, [135].
• Castle of the Counts (Château des Comtes), at Ghent, [170-179];
• stormed by Jacques Van Artevelde, [200];
• birthplace of John of Gaunt, [201]; [233]; [262];
• Liévin Pyn tortured at, [349].
• Caxton, William, learns printing at Bruges, [228].
• Çayas, Gabriel de, patron of Christopher Plantin, [424];
• interests Philip II in Biblia Regia, [426].
• Chapel of the Holy Blood at Bruges, crypt of St. Basil, [27-28];
• receives relic from Dierick of Alsace, [55-56];
• Procession and Confrerie, [56];
• ruined during French Revolution, [56-57];
• restoration, [57]; [58].
• Charlemagne, breaking up of empire of, [26].
• Charles the Bald, creates title of Count of Flanders, [26].
• Charles the Bold, [3];
• tomb at Bruges, [51-53];
• betrothal at Damme, [75-77]; [124]; [271];
• meteoric career and death, [285-294]; [295]; [302]; [305]; [310]; [333]; [344];
• portrait of, [362].
• Charles I, King of England, knights Rubens, [448];
• employs Van Dyck as court painter, [451-452].
• Charles V, the Emperor, [52]; [62];
• statue at Courtrai, [152];
• destroys Abbey of St. Bavon, [183-184];
• orders bell Roland removed, [197];
• captures Tournai, [249];
• “Abdication of,” painting by Louis Gallait, [273]; [292];
• christened, [335];
• educated by Margaret of Austria, [336];
• becomes King of Spain, [337];
• elected King of the Romans, [338];
• chosen Emperor, [338];
• rejoicings at Ghent over birth of, [346];
• vast extent of dominions at age of twenty, [346-347]; [348];
• revolt of Ghent in 1539, [349-350];
• withdraws all the city’s ancient privileges, [350-355];
• origin of Butchers’ Guild of Ghent, [365];
• portrait of, at Audenaerde, [373];
• many reminders of, at Audenaerde, [374];
• inserts spectacles in arms of Audenaerde, [373];
• statue of, [375];
• portrait of, [376];
• father of Margaret of Parma, [377-378]; [381]; [395];
• aids prosperity of Antwerp, [411]; [412];
• great bell at Antwerp named for, [441].
• Charles the Good, murder of, [4-5] and [36-42];
• rebuilds Cathedral of St. Sauveur, [47];
• erects part of church of Notre Dame, [50];
• Bruges in the days of, [52-53]; [54]; [305].
• Charles VI, Emperor of Austria, [458]; [469].
• Charles VI, King of France, sacks Courtrai, [161-162];
• wins battle of Rosbecque, [207]; [218].
• Charles VII, King of France, concludes Treaty of Arras, [222-223].
• Charles VIII, King of France, [334].
• Charolais, Count of, [233].
• Chateaubriand, minister of Louis XVIII, [358].
• Childeric, marriage with Basina at Tournai, [246-247];
• incidents in life of, carved on portal of the Cathedral, [260];
• relics of, discovered, [264-265]; [281].
• Chilperic, King of the Franks, [247];
• besieged at Tournai, [248]; [281].
• Chimes, at Bruges, [65-67];
• at Malines, [322-325];
• at Audenaerde, [381];
• at Antwerp, [440].
• Christus, Petrus, early painter of Bruges, [240].
• Claire, Lord, at Battle of Fontenoy, [254].
• Clauwaerts, partisans of Flemish independence, [154];
• Jacques Van Artevelde, leader of, [199].
• Clays, P. J., [456].
• Clovis, King of the Franks, [247].
• Concession Caroline, promulgated by Charles V in 1540, [355].
• Columbus, discovery of America helps Antwerp, [400].
• Condé, defeats French under Turenne, [95].
• Conscience, Hendryk, Flemish novelist, [36].
• Conynck, Peter de, Dean of Weavers at Bruges, [154];
• leader at the Matin de Bruges, [155-156];
• at Battle of Courtrai, [157-160]; [193].
• Coolman, Gauthier, [319].
• Cornelis, Albert, early painter of Bruges, [301].
• Cortés, [347].
• Counts of Flanders, rule over part of France, [12];
• origin of County, [25];
• the first Count, Baldwin of the Iron Arm, [26];
• model of first castle, [28];
• Emperor makes title hereditary, [34]; [54]; [151];
• castle of, at Ghent, [170-179];
• foster Abbey of St. Bavon, [182];
• make Ghent their capital, [189];
• decline in power of, [190];
• weakness after Battle of the Spurs, [192-193];
• obtain temporal power over Malines, [315]; [351];
• Scheldt their frontier, [394-395].
• Courtrai, linens, [5];
• fortified by Baldwin II, [34]; [58];
• destroyed by Philip Augustus, [136];
• lace makers at, [141]; [146];
• Belfry, [147-148];
• Hotel de Ville, [151-153];
• Battle of Courtrai, 152-[160];
• churches of, [161-163];
• Broel towers at, [164]; [193]; [314].
• Coxcie, Michel, [237]; [238]; [339]; [341]; [386].
• Coxyde, dunes at, [92-93];
• pêcheurs de crevettes, [93].
• Crayer, Gaspard de, [384];
• religious pictures of, [453].
• Crécy, Battle of, [203].
• Crispin, [431].
• Crowe and Cavalcaselle, “The Early Flemish Painters,” cited, [235].
• Cuches au beurre, [46-47].
• Cumberland, Duke of, defeated at Fontenoy, [251-255].
• D
• Damme, receives charter from Philip of Alsace, [55];
• birth of Van Maerlant (mural painting), [59];
• period of prosperity and present aspect, [72-75];
• betrothal of Margaret of York by Charles the Bold, [76-77];
• destroyed by Philip Augustus, [135];
• rallying place for Clauwaerts before the Matin de Bruges, [155];
• destroyed by Philip the Bold, [219].
• Danes, invasions of, [34].
• Daret, Jacques, early painter of Tournai; [270]; [273].
• David, Gheerhardt, life and principal works, [299-300].
• Davis, Thomas Osborne, poet, “Battle of Fontenoy” quoted, [253-255].
• Delbeke, Louis, [123].
• Deledicque, Antony, [139].
• Delvin, Jean, [93].
• Dendermonde (Termonde), [202]; [310].
• Denucé, assistant curator of Plantin Museum, [434].
• Denyn, Josef, official bell ringer at Malines, [323-324]; [440].
• Denys, Gérard, Dean of Weavers at Ghent, [204].
• Devreese, Godefroid, sculptor of Courtrai, [165].
• Dierick of Alsace, Count of Flanders, [54];
• wise rule, [54-55];
• brings Holy Blood from Jerusalem, [55-56]; [59]; [129]; [171];
• besieges ancient castle at Ghent, [177];
• portrait of, [373].
• Dierick, Lord of Dixmude, legendary hero, [179].
• Dijon, capital of Burgundy, [148];
• paintings by Melchior Broederlam at, [230-231];
• “The Last Judgment” by Van der Weyden, at Beaune, [271]; [287].
• Dinant, [277]; [286].
• Dixmude, at time of the Crusades, [13];
• part of the Franc of Bruges, [59];
• history of, [83];
• church of St. Nicholas, [84-85];
• gâteaux d’ames, [85];
• ravages of the war, [86];
• Yser River and canal, [103-104];
• church of St. Nicholas destroyed by the Germans, [482].
• Dozzo, Gasparo, rich Antwerp merchant, [411].
• Dumery, George, [65].
• Du Guesclin, [70].
• Dumuriez, general of first French Republic, [459].
• Dunes, viewed from the sea, [15];
• at Coxyde, [92-93];
• Battle of the Dunes, [96-98]; [465].
• Dunkerque, receives charter from Philip of Alsace, [55];
• canal from Nieuport to, [104].
• Duquesnoy, Jerome, [241]; [355];
• influenced by Rubens, [453].
• Dyle, river, at Malines, [312]; [314];
• views from, [316]; [317];
• grand pont across, [333]; [334].
• Dyver, at Bruges, [27];
• view of Notre Dame from, [50].
• E
• Eccloo, part of the Franc of Bruges, [59].
• Edward I, King of England, obtains Antwerp as a fief, [397].
• Edward III, King of England, [198];
• treats with Jacques Van Artevelde, [200];
• wins Battle of Sluys, [201];
• welcomes Flemish weavers, [204-205];
• besieges Tournai, [248-249];
• at Antwerp, [397].
• Edward IV, King of England, guest of the Lord of Gruuthuise, [303].
• Egmont, Count of, “Last Honours to” and “Last Moments of” by Louis Gallait, [273-274].
• Eleanor, Queen of France, [339].
• Elizabeth, Queen of England, [237];
• sends English garrison to Ostende, [465-466].
• Epinoy, Christine, Princess of, heroic defence of Tournai, [249];
• statue of, [262];
• painting of, [274].
• Erasmus, [341].
• Erembald, house of, [37];
• murder of Charles the Good, [38];
• besieged in church of St. Donatian, [39];
• flung from church tower, [41];
• house nearly annihilated, [42].
• Erembald, blacksmith at Bruges, [65].
• Ethelwolf, King of Wessex, [26].
• Eugene, Prince of Savoy, [391].
• Everard, Nicholas, [341].
• F
• Faid’herbe, Luke, sculptor of Malines, [326];
• designs church of Notre Dame d’Hanswyck, [329];
• pupil of Rubens, [453].
• Farnese, Octavio, Duke of Parma, [378].
• Ferdinand of Aragon, [62].
• Ferdinand, King of Bohemia, [339].
• Ferdinand of Portugal, Count of Flanders, [122]; [135-136].
• Féré, Pierrot, tapestry maker of Arras, [279].
• Ferrand, Count of Flanders, [190].
• Flanders, location of, [1] and [12-13];
• historical interest of, [3-5];
• Bruges first capital of, [13];
• plan of chronological tour of, [14];
• climate, [22-24];
• travel hints, [23];
• origin of the County, [25];
• just misses becoming independent, [192-193];
• “the cock-pit of Europe,” [250-251]; [286];
• end of independence in 1540, [355];
• arms of, at Audenaerde, [373];
• the Scheldt its Eastern boundary, [394-395].
• Flemish architecture, [3];
• art, [6];
• inns, [7-11];
• language, [12-13];
• coast, [15-16];
• cleanliness, [43-44];
• language in West Flanders, [99-100];
• Belgium bi-lingual, [149-150];
• Flemish dinners, [213-215].
• Fleurus, Battle of, [459].
• Floris, Corneille, [261].
• Floris, Frans, [386];
• life and chief works, [403-404].
• Flowers in Belgium, [165-166];
• fondness of people for, [284];
• Bishop Triest encourages horticulture at Ghent, [355-356];
• first hothouse, [356];
• Botanical Gardens at Ghent, [357-358].
• Flushing, [17]; [334].
• Fontenoy, Battle of, [250-255];
• battlefield and monument, [256]; [458].
• Franchoys, Luc, [331].
• Francis I, King of France, [62];
• loses Tournai, [248];
• concludes Treaty of Cambrai, [338-339].
• Fredegonda, Queen of the Franks, [247-248].
• Frederick II, Emperor, offers crown to Charles the Bold, [285]; [294];
• defeated by burghers of Ghent, [345].
• Froissart, [148];
• eulogy of Ghent, [169];
• description of “Mad Margery,” [208-209];
• describes siege of Tournai, [249].
• Fugger, Anthony, fame of his wealth, [411].
• Furnes, at time of the Crusades, [13];
• receives charter from Philip of Alsace, [55];
• history, [86-87]; [90];
• the Procession of, [87-89];
• principal buildings, [90-92].
• Fyts, John, animal pictures of, [453].
• G
• Galeswintha, sister of Brunehault, [248].
• Gallait, Louis, “Last Honours to Counts Egmont and Horn,” [273];
• other notable works, [273-274];
• in Antwerp Museum, [456].
• Gavre, Battle of, [225-227]; [344].
• Geefs, W., sculptor, [369].
• George II, King of England, [251].
• Gertrude, Countess of Flanders, [87].
• Ghent, fortified by Baldwin II, [34];
• receives charter from Philip of Alsace, [55];
• attack on Nieuport in 1[383], [95];
• repulsed at Ypres, [144];
• artisans from Ypres move to, [145];
• loyal to French in 1[302], [156];
• greatness in the Middle Ages, [169-170];
• Château des Comtes, [170-179];
• Abbey of St. Bavon, [181-185];
• château of Girard the Devil, [185-186];
• church of St. Nicholas, [186-188];
• cathedral of St. Bavon, [188];
• rapid growth in power, [189-191];
• takes popular side after Battle of the Spurs, [194];
• guilds, [194-195];
• Belfry, [195-198];
• Cloth Hall (Halles), [197];
• the Mammelokker, [198];
• Jacques Van Artevelde, [199-204];
• expulsion of weavers, [204-205];
• Philip Van Artevelde, [206-207];
• resists Philip the Bold, [218];
• rebels against Philip the Good, [225];
• crushed at Gavre, [226-227]; [228];
• Guild of St. Luke organised, [229]; [230]; [233];
• “the Adoration of the Lamb,” [234-238]; [262];
• “Ville d’Art,” [268];
• extorts concessions from Charles the Bold, [287];
• denounced by Charles, [289]; [312];
• “renowned for its halters,” [321];
• Hotel de Ville completed, [340]; [344];
• the Rabot, [345-346];
• rejoicings over birth of Charles V, [346];
• decline of cloth industry, [347];
• Hotel de Ville, description of, [347-349];
• outbreak of 1539, [349];
• execution of Liévin Pyn, [350];
• Emperor withdraws liberties and privileges, [350-355];
• Bishop Triest and beginnings of horticulture, [355-357];
• Botanical Garden, [357-359];
• Louis XVIII at, [358-359];
• Justus of Ghent and Hugo Van der Goes, [360-362];
• Gerard Van der Meire, [363];
• ranks first in “monuments,” [363];
• some of its minor monuments, [363-366];
• Margaret of Parma presented as Regent at, [379]; [391]; [394]; [397]; [442].
• Ghistelle, Lords of, [309].
• Gilliat-Smith, Ernest, “Story of Bruges,” cited, [310].
• Gilliodts, archevist of Bruges, quoted, [66-67].
• Girard the Devil (Girard le Diable), château of, [185-186]; [195]; [197]; [241].
• Godfrey of the Beard, Duke of Brabant, [395].
• Godfrey of Bouillon, [187].
• Gordon, Pryse L., cited, [180].
• Gossaert, Jan (or Mabuse), painting by, at Tournai, [274];
• at court of Margaret of Austria, [339].
• Granson, Battle of, [271]; [290]; [291]; [294].
• Granville, Cardinal, [426].
• Gravelines, [55].
• Griffis, “Belgium, the Land of Art,” quoted, [480].
• Groeninghe, Abbey of, [159];
• Flemish name for Battle of the Spurs, [164].
• Grupello, sculptor of Rubens school, [453].
• Gruuthuise, Louis (or Lodewyk) Van der, [302]; [303].
• Gruuthuise Palace, [68]; [302-305].
• Gryeff, Adolphus de, [386].
• Gueldre, Duke of, [313].
• Gueux, [328]; [329].
• Guffens, Godefroid, fresco at Ypres, [124];
• at Courtrai, [152].
• Guido Gezelle, poet, [163].
• Guilds, at Bruges, [64] and [70];
• the [400] guilds of Ypres, [128];
• guild leaders in 1[302], [154];
• at Battle of Courtrai, [157];
• power of, [192-193];
• guild houses in 14th century, [194-195];
• slaughter of the fullers, [202];
• slaughter of the weavers, [204];
• expulsion of weavers, [204-205];
• at Malines, [313-315];
• house of Boatmen’s Guild at Ghent, [347];
• fine guild houses of Ghent, [365];
• origin of Butchers’ Guild, [365].
• Guizot, minister of Louis XVIII, [358].
• Guy of Dampierre, Count of Flanders, [122]; [153-154];
• grants Ghent a new Keure, [191].
• Guy of Namur, [193].
• H
• Hachette, Jeanne, heroine of Beauvais, [289].
• Hacket, Châtelain of Bruges, [37]; [42].
• Hainaut, County of, [130];
• united to Flanders by marriages of Cambrai, [218-219];
• Philip the Good becomes Count of, [221]; [243];
• Count of, at siege of Tournai, [249].
• Hal, baptismal font at, [277].
• Hanseatic League, [58];
• at Bruges, [69];
• abandons Bruges for Antwerp, [71]; [401].
• Hay, Lord, at Battle of Fontenoy, [254].
• Hémony, Pierre, [323].
• Hennebicq, painter of Tournai, [274].
• Hennequin, painter of Tournai, [274].
• Henry III, Duke of Brabant, grants privileges to Antwerp, [396].
• Henry V, King of England, wins Battle of Agincourt, [220].
• Henry VIII, captures Tournai, [249];
• tower of, [266-267].
• Herkenbald, “Justice of,” painting by Van der Weyden, [271].
• Heuvick, early painter of Audenaerde, [382].
• Heyst, [16]; [324].
• Hiéronimites, [186].
• Horembout, Gerard, [341].
• Horn, Count of, “Last Honors to,” [273]; [412].
• Hugonet, minister of Marie of Burgundy, [349].
• Humbercourt, minister of Marie of Burgundy, [349].
• Hundred Years’ War, [70]; [143]; [198].
• I
• Iconoclasts (or “Image Breakers”), at Malines, [328]; [329]; [370];
• outbreak of, [380-381];
• at Audenaerde, [389];
• at Antwerp, [412-413]; [440].
• Innocent VIII, [305-306].
• Inquisition, meeting-place at Furnes, [91]; [415].
• Isabella of Castile, [62].
• Isabel, Queen of Denmark, [339].
• Isabella, Queen of France, [155].
• Isabella, Regent of the Netherlands, [422];
• portrait by Rubens, [444];
• arrival at Antwerp, [447];
• encourages Rubens, [448]; [457];
• at siege of Ostende, [467];
• weeps at ruin of the town, [469].
• Isabel of Portugal, marries Philip the Good, [221];
• portrait of, [238];
• picture of, in collection of Margaret of Austria, [340-341].
• J
• Jacqueline, Countess of Hainaut and Holland, [176-177];
• forced to abdicate, [221].
• Jansenius, Bishop of St. Martin at Ypres, [125-126].
• Janssens, Victor, [386].
• Jean II, Duke of Brabant, [314].
• Jeanne d’Arc, [221].
• Jeanne of Constantinople, Countess of Flanders, [122]; [132]; [135]; [136-139];
• founds first Béguinage at Ghent, [210].
• Jehan de Bruges, early painter, [230].
• Jehan de Hasselt, early painter, [230].
• Jemappes, Battle of, [459].
• Joanna of Spain (Jeanne de Castile), [62]; [346].
• John, Prince of Asturias, [334-335];
• sudden death, [335].
• John, Don, of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, [415]; [418].
• John of Bavaria, [234].
• John I, Duke of Brabant, grants the Core van Antwerpen, [396].
• John II, Duke of Brabant, gives Antwerp to Edward I, [397].
• John III, Duke of Brabant, extends rights of foreigners at Antwerp, [396-397].
• John the Fearless, Duke of Burgundy, [220];
• court painter of, [231]; [233]; [383].
• John of Gaunt (Ghent), Duke of Lancaster, birth of, [201]; [221].
• John, King of England, alliance with Ferdinand of Portugal, [136].
• Jordaens, Jacob, “Adoration of the Magi” at Dixmude, [84];
• characteristics, [453]; [455]; [456].
• Joseph II, Emperor of Austria, [237];
• revolt against, [458-459].
• Josephine, Empress of France, saves Botanical Garden at Ghent, [357-358].
• Judith, first Countess of Flanders, [26];
• traces of her chapel, [28]; [34].
• Justus of Ghent, early Flemish painter, [360-362].
• Justus Lipsius, meets Christopher Plantin, [429];
• writes his epitaph, [430]; [431]; [441].
• K
• Kaboutermannekens, legends of, [408-409].
• Karls, refuse allegiance to feudal overlords, [37];
• support the Erembalds, [38];
• receive Keurbrief from Philip of Alsace, [60-61].
• Katherine, Queen of Portugal, [339].
• Keldermans, André, Antoine I, Antoine II, Jean, Laurent and Mathieu, all architects of Malines, [319-320].
• Keldermans, Rombaut, architect of Malines, [318]; [320];
• rebuilds Hotel de Savoy, [336];
• receives many commissions from Margaret of Austria, [339-340];
• designs Maison de la Keure at Ghent, [348].
• Kerel van Yper, painter of Ypres, [141].
• Kermesse, its antiquity, [115]; [378]; [449].
• Keyser, Nicaise de, [160].
• Kiliaen, the Flemish lexicographer, [433].
• Kipling, quoted, [29].
• Kludde, legends of, [409-410].
• Knocke, [16].
• L
• Lac d’Amour, Bruges, see Minnewater.
• Laevinius Torrentius, [433].
• Lagye, Victor, [457].
• Lalaing, Countess of, [377]; [378].
• Lalaing, Philippe, Count of, [371].
• Lannoy, Charles de, [62].
• Larks in Belgium, [166-168].
• Legend of Baldwin of Constantinople, [130-133];
• of siege of Ghent in 930, [179-180];
• of St. Nicholas, [187];
• of the Mammelokker, [198];
• concerning the wealth of the Flemish burghers, [207-208];
• of the marriage of Childeric and Basina, [246-247];
• of Memling’s wound at Nancy, [295-296];
• of the “Vuyle Bruydegom” at Malines, [332-333];
• of Antigonus and Brabo at Antwerp, [393-394];
• of Lohengrin, [394];
• of Quentin Matsys, [401-402];
• of the Long Wapper of Antwerp, [405-408];
• of the Kaboutermannekens, [408-409];
• of Kludde, [409-410];
• of Van Dyck at Saventhem, [449-451].
• Lemaire des Belges, Jean, [341].
• Leopold I, King of the Belgians,
• first welcomed to Belgium at Furnes, [87];
• elected King, [461];
• frees the Scheldt in 1863, [461].
• Leopold II, King of the Belgians,
• an efficient chief executive, [461-462];
• Palace at Ostende, [470].
• Leys, Baron Henri, [456];
• paintings in Hotel de Ville at Antwerp, [457].
• Liederick de Buck, portrait of, [373].
• Liedts, Baroness, lace collection at Bruges, [304].
• Liége, [106]; [286];
• insurrections at, [287-288];
• city sacked, [288]; [312]; [344].
• Lieve, river, at Ghent, [169]; [172].
• Liliaerts, partisans of France, [154]; [189]; [191]; [194].
• Lille, destroyed by Philip Augustus, [136];
• Baldwin of Constantinople executed at, [138-139]; [207];
• fêtes held by Philip the Good at, [227]; [280].
• Lissweghe, [59].
• Lombartzyde, [95];
• statue of the Virgin, [104-105].
• Longfellow, quoted, [67].
• Long Wapper of Antwerp, legends of, [405-408].
• Louis of Maele, Count of Flanders, [59]; [175];
• besieged at Ghent, [178]; [183]; [204];
• marriage of daughter, [205-206];
• defeated by Philip Van Artevelde, [206];
• death, [207];
• wealth of Ghent during reign of, [207-208]; [218];
• court painter of, [230]; [397].
• Louis of Nevers, Count of Flanders, [124]; [194]; [198];
• vainly resists popular party, [199-200];
• hires assassination of Jacques Van Artevelde, [202-203];
• death at Crécy, [203].
• Louis the Fat, King of France, [41-42].
• Louis XI, King of France, lives at Furnes while Dauphin, [90];
• drives tapestry weavers from Arras, [278];
• implacable foe of Charles the Bold, [286];
• foments insurrection at Liége, [287-288];
• stirs up German resistance to Charles, [289];
• causes downfall of Charles, [293]; [294]; [334]; [344].
• Louis XIII, King of France, [387].
• Louis XIV, captures Tournai, [250]; [265];
• removes tapestries from Audenaerde, [376];
• portrait of, [376]; [387];
• bombards Audenaerde, [391].
• Louis XV, King of France, at Battle of Fontenoy, [251-255];
• Joyous Entry at Antwerp, [458].
• Louis XVIII, King of France, at Ghent, [358-359].
• Louise of Savoy, [338].
• Louvain, [219];
• Hotel de Ville, [228];
• Guild of St. Luke organised, [230];
• work of Van der Weyden at, [271];
• Dierick Bouts at, [307-308]; [310];
• “renowned for its scholars,” [321]; [371]; [395];
• birth-place of Quentin Matsys, [401]; [403].
• Lyon, Jean, Dean of Boatmen’s Guild, [188].
• Lys, river, [146];
• superior for retting flax, [147]; [158]; [164]; [169]; [204]; [206].
• M
• Mabuse, see Jan Gossaert.
• Mace, Robert, teaches art of printing to Christopher Plantin, [423].
• Maele, Château of, near Bruges, [303].
• Mahaut, Countess of Flanders, [122].
• Malfait of Brussels, [124].
• Malines, lace makers at, [5];
• centre of Flemish architecture, art and learning, [12];
• “Ville d’Art,” [268];
• extorts privileges from Charles the Bold, [287];
• terrible destruction in the Great War, [311];
• situation and importance, [312];
• early history, [312-315];
• Cloth Hall and museum, [317]; [318];
• Cathedral of St. Rombaut, [318-323];
• chimes, [323-325];
• interior of Cathedral, [325-327];
• “renowned for its fools,” [321];
• Notre Dame au delà de la Dyle, [327-328];
• Notre Dame d’Hanswyck, [328-329];
• church of St. Jean, [330-331];
• Hotel de Ville, [332];
• Vieux Palais, [332-333];
• some fine old houses, [333];
• Margaret of Austria, early life, [333-336];
• her court at Malines, [336]; [342];
• death,[342-343];
• “monuments” classified, [363]; [439]; [442];
• Cathedral sadly injured, [482].
• Mammelokker, bas relief and legend of, [198].
• Manson, Collard, printer at Bruges, [228]; [435].
• Margaret of Austria, Regent of the Netherlands, [61-62];
• childhood and early life, [333-336];
• Palace at Malines, [336];
• Regent of the Netherlands, [337];
• negotiates the “Ladies’ Peace,” [338-339];
• brilliant court, [339];
• taste for art and literature, [340-342];
• untimely death, [342-343]; [345]; [349].
• Margaret, Countess of Flanders, [122]; [132]; [135]; [136]; [153].
• Margaret, daughter of Louis of Maele, [183]; [205-206]; [218].
• Margaret of Parma, portrait at Audenaerde, [376];
• birth and marriages, [377-378];
• Regent of the Netherlands, [379];
• popularity, [379-380];
• suppresses outbreak of the Iconoclasts, [380-381];
• superseded by Duke of Alva, [381]; [413]; [419]; [425].
• Margaret of York, betrothal to Charles the Bold at Damme, [75-77];
• resides at Malines, [333]; [336].
• Maria Theresa, Empress of Austria, [458].
• Marie of Burgundy, tomb at Bruges, [51-53];
• statue, [62]; [293];
• marries Maximilian, [294];
• children of, [333]; [344]; [345]; [349].
• Marie of Champagne, Countess of Flanders, [133];
• dedicates Cloth Hall at Ypres, [134];
• death in Syria, [134]; [162].
• Marie, Queen of Hungary, [339];
• Regent of the Netherlands, [342-343];
• insurrection at Ghent during reign of, [349-350]; [354].
• Marlborough, Duke of, captures Tournai, [250];
• wins Battle of Audenaerde, [391];
• recalled in peasant nursery song, [391-392];
• takes Antwerp after Battle of Ramillies, [458].
• Marot, Clement, [428].
• Marvis Towers at Tournai, [265].
• Massé, [341].
• Matsys, Quentin, life and principal works, [401-403].
• Matthew, Duke of Lorraine, [122].
• Maurice, Count of Nassau, wins Battle of the Dunes, [96-98]; [465];
• captures Sluys, [468].
• Maximilian, Emperor, [51];
• statue of, [62];
• conflict with Bruges, [71];
• marriage to Marie of Burgundy, [294]; [333];
• Regent of Flanders, [334];
• fondness for daughter, Margaret of Austria, [337];
• death, [338]; [345]; [347]; [411].
• Maximilian, Emperor of Mexico, [369].
• Memling, Hans, at Bruges, [295-296];
• works of, in Hospital of St. Jean, [296-298];
• other notable paintings, [298-299]; [307];
• in collection of Margaret of Austria, [341].
• Mercator, [431].
• Merghelynck Museum at Ypres, [139-140]; [304].
• Meunier, Constantin, statue of pecheur des crevettes, [93];
• painting at Courtrai, [160].
• Michelle, first wife of Philip the Good, [183];
• death of, [233-234].
• Middleburg, paintings by Van der Weyden at, [309].
• Minnewater, [33];
• view of Notre Dame from, [50];
• formerly chief harbour of Bruges, [71-72].
• Molinet, Jean, [341].
• Mons, capital of Hainaut, [130];
• Flemish name for, [150]; [219];
• Hotel de Ville, [228]; [243]; [252].
• Montalembert, quoted, [388].
• Montanus, Arias, supervises Biblia Regia, [426];
• opinion of Christopher Plantin, [427]; [431].
• Morat, Battle of, [291].
• Moretus, Balthazar I, [432].
• Moretus, Edouard, sells Plantin-Moretus museum to city of Antwerp, [432].
• Moretus, Jean I, marries Martina, daughter of Christopher Plantin, [429]; [431]; [432];
• tomb in the Cathedral, [441];
• employs Rubens, [443];
• friend of Rubens, [448].
• Moretus, Jean II, [431-432].
• Montereau, murder of John the Fearless at, [220].
• Morte d’Ypres, la (the Death of Ypres), [117]; [122]; [123]; [144].
• Motley, cited, [413].
• N
• Nancy, siege of, [291];
• death of Charles the Bold before, [292]; [295]; [333].
• Namur, [312].
• Napoleon, saves Chapel of the Holy Blood, [56]; [94]; [282]; [330]; [358]; [358-359];
• removes tapestries from Audenaerde, [376];
• at Antwerp, [460].
• Nauwelaerts, official bell ringer of Bruges, [66].
• Neerwinden, Battle of, [459].
• Nicholas V, Pope, [340].
• Nicholas de Verdun, [277].
• Nieuport, at time of the Crusades, [13];
• receives charter from Philip of Alsace, [55];
• some famous sieges of, [95];
• Battle of the Dunes, [96-98];
• Chambers of Rhetoric, [99];
• Tower of the Templars, Cloth Hall and church of Notre Dame, [99-101];
• the Yser River, locks and canals, [103-104]; [465]; [473].
• Norsemen, anarchy resulting from invasions of, [36];
• capture Tournai, [248]; [256]; [259];
• burn church at Audenaerde, [383].
• 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].
• O
• 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].
• P
• 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].
• Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, [4]; [58]; [90]; [175]; [176];
• becomes Count of Flanders, Hainaut and Holland, and Duke of Brabant, [220-221];
• founds Order of the Golden Fleece, [221-222];
• siege of Calais, [222-223];
• repulsed at Bruges (Bruges vespers), [223-224];
• humbles Bruges, [224-225];
• crushes Ghent at Gavre, [225-227];
• holds fêtes at Lille, [227];
• divergent estimates of character, [228-229]; [231];
• visits studio of Jean Van Eyck, [235-236];
• orders portrait of Isabel of Portugal, [238];
• orders tapestries at Tournai, [279]; [287]; [305]; [340]; [344];
• grants liberal charter to Antwerp, [398].
• Philip the Handsome, Duke of Burgundy, [51]; [62]; [91];
• education, [333];
• premature death, [334]; [346].
• Philip II, King of Spain, [91]; [236-237]; [249]; [292-293];
• unwise policy provokes revolt, [379-380];
• sends Duke of Alva to punish iconoclasts, [381]; [412]; [413-415];
• rejoices at fall of Antwerp, [422]; [424];
• aids Plantin to publish Biblia Regia, [426]; [427]; [432]; [447]; [465].
• Philip of Valois, King of France, [201-202].
• Pierre de Beckère, [52].
• Pius II, [378].
• Pizarro, [346].
• Plantin, Christopher, early life, [423-424];
• establishes printing house at Antwerp, [425];
• issues the Biblia Regia, [426-427];
• extent of business, [427-428];
• moves to Friday Market, [428-429];
• death, [429-430];
• extent of achievements, [431];
• tomb in the Cathedral, [441].
• Plantin-Moretus Museum, at Antwerp, [423]; [432-437];
• portraits by Rubens, [444];
• sketches by Rubens, [445].
• Pourbus, Pieter, [301].
• Prévost, Jean, [301].
• Procession of the Holy Blood at Bruges, [56];
• Procession at Furnes, [87-89];
• Peysprocessie at Malines, [315].
• Pyn, Liévin, execution of, [349-350]; [351]; [352].
• Q
• Quellin, Erasmus, “The Adoration of the Shepherds” at Malines, [327]; [433];
• founds family of sculptors and painters, [452-543].
• “Quentin Durward” by Sir Walter Scott, cited, [288].
• R
• Rabot at Ghent, [345-346].
• Raeske, Richard de, [37].
• Ramillies, Battle of, [458].
• Raphelingen, Francis, chief proof-reader of Christopher Plantin, [427];
• marries Margaret, eldest daughter, [429].
• Rénacle de Florennes, [341].
• Reparation invisible, [215-216].
• Requesens, Regent of the Netherlands, [415].
• Richard, Duke of Gloucester, later Richard III, King of England, [303].
• Rivière, Jeanne, wife of Christopher Plantin, [423];
• aids husband with a linen business, [429].
• Robbins, Philippe, master tapestry weaver of Audenaerde, [387].
• Robert the Frisian, Count of Flanders, [141].
• Robert II, Count of Flanders, [87-88].
• Robinson, Wilfrid, “Antwerp, an Historical Sketch,” quoted, [397].
• Rockox, burgomaster of Antwerp, [448].
• Roda, Jerome, [415].
• Roland, the great bell at Ghent, [196-197];
• inscription on, [196];
• taken down by Charles V, [354].
• Rooses, Max, Director of Plantin-Moretus Museum, quoted, [239-240]; [298];
• description of Plantin Museum, cited, [433].
• Rosbecque, Battle of, [162]; [163]; [207].
• Roya, at Bruges, [26]; [27]; [52].
• Rubens, Peter Paul, “St. Bavon withdrawing from the World” at Ghent, [241];
• “Christ on the Cross” at Malines, [317];
• “Miraculous Draught of Fishes” at Malines, [327-328];
• “Adoration of the Magi” at Malines, [330]; [386]; [433];
• rank among the masters, [438];
• two masterpieces in Cathedral at Antwerp, [339-440];
• “Resurrection” in the Cathedral, [441];
• at height of fame, [442-444];
• enormous productivity, [444-445];
• death, [445];
• Prof. Wauters’ estimate of, [446-447];
• patronised by the “Archdukes,” [448];
• diplomatic missions, [448];
• letters, [449]; [455]; [456].
• Rudolph II, Emperor of Austria, [405].
• S
• St. Amand, early missionary, [181].
• St. Basil, crypt of, at Bruges, [27-28];
• restoration, [57]; [171].
• St. Bavon, Abbey of, at Ghent, [181-185]; [189];
• destruction of, by Charles V, [353].
• St. Bavon, Cathedral of, at Ghent, [172];
• crypt, [188-189];
• altar-piece by the Van Eycks, [234-238];
• other works of art in, [240-241]; [355]; [360].
• St. Brice, church of, at Tournai, [263-264].
• St. Donatian, church of, at Bruges, [35];
• scene of murder of Charles the Good, [38];
• besieged by foes of the Erembalds, [39-41];
• Erembalds flung from tower, [41];
• destroyed in French Revolution, [42];
• relics and approximate site, [42-43]; [292].
• St. Eleuthereus, statue of, on portal of Cathedral, [260];
• Chasse of, [276-277];
• life of, depicted on tapestry in Cathedral, [279].
• St. George, church of, at Nancy, [292].
• St. Ghislain, [252].
• Ste. Gudule, Cathedral of, at Brussels, [340].
• St. Jacques, church of, at Antwerp, [445-446].
• St. Jean, Hospital of, at Bruges, legend of nursing Memling, [295-296];
• Shrine of St. Ursula, [296-298];
• other works by Memling at, [298];
• description of, [299]; [301].
• St. Jean, church of, at Ghent, name changed to St. Bavon in 1540, [188].
• St. Jean, church of, at Malines, [330-331].
• St. Luke, Guild of, first organised in Flemish towns, [229-230];
• admits brothers Van Eyck at Bruges, [234];
• at Tournai, [270-271];
• at Ghent admits Van der Meire, [363];
• admits Frans Floris at Antwerp, [403];
• admits Christopher Plantin at Antwerp, [423];
• elects Rubens President, [445].
• St. Martin, church of, at Courtrai, [161-162].
• St. Martin, church of, at Ypres, [125-126].
• St. Mary, church of, at Antwerp, [412];
• becomes Cathedral of Notre Dame in 1560, [440].
• St. Michel, church of, at Ghent, [181].
• St. Nicholas, church of, at Dixmude, [84-85]; [482].
• St. Nicholas, church of, at Ghent, [186-188].
• St. Omer, seized by Philip Augustus, [135].
• St. Peter, monastery of, at Ghent, [181-182]; [189].
• St. Peter, church of, at Louvain, [307-308].
• St. Piat, martyrdom at Tournai, [245];
• statue of, on portal of Cathedral, [260];
• life of, depicted on tapestry in Cathedral, [279].
• St. Rombaut, Cathedral of, at Malines, [312]; [313];
• first view of, [317];
• the tower and its builders, [318-323];
• the chimes, [323-325];
• interior and art treasures, [325-327]; [328];
• tower completed, [340].
• St. Sauveur, Cathedral of, at Bruges, [47-50]; [305-307]; [362].
• Ste. Ursula, Shrine of, [296-298].
• Ste. Walburge, church of, at Audenaerde, [368]; [369]; [382];
• description of, [383-385]; [389].
• Ste. Walburge, church of, at Furnes, [88] and [92].
• Saventhem, [449-451].
• Savoy, Duchess of, see Margaret of Austria.
• Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, Leopold, Prince of, elected King of the Belgians, [461].
• Saxe, Maurice, victor at Fontenoy, [251-255].
• Scheldt, estuary, [17];
• “the greyest of grey rivers,” [18];
• history of navigation on, [18-19];
• view from, [19-20];
• river traffic on, [20];
• Antwerp from, [21];
• monument on Place Marnix, [19]; [169];
• at Tournai, [266]; [300];
• snakes in, [382];
• at Audenaerde, [387]; [389];
• legend of Brabo, [393-394];
• displaces the Zwyn as highway of commerce, [394-395];
• fight for mastery of, [399-400];
• deepens as commerce grows, [400]; [401]; [414];
• closed during reign of the Archdukes, [447];
• opened to navigation in 1795, [459];
• docks erected by Napoleon, [460];
• free under the Dutch, [460];
• freed permanently by Leopold I in 1863, [461];
• growth of commerce since, [462].
• Scott, Sir Walter, “Quentin Durward,” cited, [288]; [304].
• Seghers, Daniel, [51].
• Shelley, “Ode to the Skylark,” quoted, [167-168].
• Sigebert, brother of Chilperic, [248]; [281].
• Sluys, part of the Franc of Bruges, [59];
• landing place of Margaret of York in 1[468], [76];
• Battle of, [201];
• captured by Maurice of Nassau, [468].
• Snellinck, Jean, “Creation of Eve” at Audenaerde, [388-389].
• Snyders, Francis, animal pictures of, [453].
• Spanish Fury, the, [415-418].
• Spierinckx, Peter, [386].
• Spinola, Ambrose, Marquis of, captures Ostende, [468-469].
• Stallaert, “Death of Dido,” [274].
• Steen, [396]; [398];
• description of, [399].
• Strada, the historian, cited, [378].
• Swerts, Jean, mural paintings at Ypres, [125];
• at Courtrai, [152].
• T
• Taillebert, Urban, [84].
• Tancmar, Lord of Straten, [37].
• Tani, Jacopo, [298].
• Tapestry, [5];
• workers organised into a guild, [230];
• in church of St. Brice at Tournai, [264];
• weaving at Tournai, [278-280]; [376];
• at Audenaerde, [384-390].
• Templars, Tower of, at Nieuport, [95]; [99];
• House of, at Ypres, [140-141].
• Teniers, David, [7]; [386];
• master of scenes of homely Flemish life, [453-454]; [455]; [456].
• Tournai, tapestries, [5];
• forest of, [134];
• besieged by Edward III, [202];
• Guild of St. Luke organised, [229];
• tapestry workers organised, [230];
• oldest city in Belgium, [242];
• Turris Nerviorum of Cæsar, [245];
• capital of Merovingian Kings, [245-248];
• many sieges, [248-250];
• Battle of Fontenoy, [250-255];
• Belfry, [262-263];
• Roman houses and church of St. Brice, [263-264];
• relics of King Childeric, [264-265];
• Marvis Towers, Pont des Trous, and tower of Henry VIII, [265-267];
• Ville d’Art, [268-269] and [281-282];
• Robert Campin, Jacques Daret and Van der Weyden, [269-272];
• Cloth Hall and Museum of Fine Arts, [272-275];
• later artists, [274-275];
• sculptors at, [275-276];
• gold and silversmiths at, [276-277];
• coppersmiths at, [277-278];
• tapestry weavers, [278-280];
• porcelains of, [280-281];
• manufactures of stained glass, [281-282];
• manufacture of fine carpets, [282]; [312];
• “monuments” classified, [363]; [377];
• tapestry weaving at, [383].
• Trajan, “the Just Emperor,” painting by Van der Weyden, [271].
• Triest, Bishop, tomb in Cathedral of St. Bavon at Ghent, [241];
• encourages horticulture at Ghent, [355-356]; [358].
• Turenne, defeated by Condé near Nieuport, [95].
• Turin, Exposition of, Tournai carpet shown at, [282].
• Turnhout, lace makers at, [5];
• fairy hill near, [409].
• U
• Urbin, Duke of, [378].
• V
• Valckx, Pierre, sculptor, [381].
• Valenciennes, [134]; [137];
• lace made at Ypres, [141]; [219];
• tapestry workers organised, [230]; [351].
• Van Artevelde, Jacques (or Jacob), besieges Louis of Maele at Ghent, [178];
• rise to power, [199-200];
• alliance with Edward III, [201];
• Battle of Sluys, [201-202];
• assassination, [202-204]; [248-249]; [397].
• Van Artevelde, Philip, brief career, [206-207];
• big cannon of, [208];
• at siege of Audenaerde, [391].
• Van Bredael, Alexander, [386].
• Van den Broeck, [431].
• Van Dyck, Anthony, “The Raising of the Cross” at Courtrai, [162-163];
• “The Crucifixion” at Malines, [327]; [433];
• pupil of Rubens, [499];
• “Saint Martin dividing Cloak among the Beggars,” [499-451];
• at Antwerp, [451];
• court painter of Charles I, [451];
• chief works, [451-452]; [456].
• Van Eyck, Hubert, tombstone at Abbey of St. Bavon, [184];
• discovery of art of painting with oils, [231-233];
• in service of Philip the Good, [233-234];
• plans and begins “The Adoration of the Lamb,” [234-235];
• death, [234];
• monument, [241]; [269]; [270]; [295]; [360].
• Van Eyck, Jean, colours statues for Hotel de Ville at Bruges, [58]; [59];
• discovery of art of painting with oils, [231-233];
• enters service of Philip the Good, [233-234];
• completes “The Adoration of the Lamb,” [235];
• later paintings, [238-239];
• death, [240];
• monument, [241]; [269]; [270]; [295]; [301];
• “La Belle Portugalaise” at Malines, [341-342]; [360].
• Van der Gheynst, Jehanne (or Jeanne), [377-378].
• Van der Goes, Hugo, [273]; [301]; [307];
• life and principal works, [360-362].
• Van Maerlant, Jacob, Flemish poet, [59];
• statue at Damme, [73-74].
• Van der Meire, Gerard, painter of Ghent, [363].
• Van Nieuwenhove, Martin, painting of, by Memling, [298].
• Van Noort, Adam, teacher of Rubens, [441].
• Van Orley, Bernard, [339]; [341].
• Van der Paele, George, painting of, by Jean Van Eyck, [239-240].
• Van Péde, Henri, [371].
• Van der Schelden, Paul, sculptor, [373];
• wooden doorway at Audenaerde, [375].
• Van Severdonck, [274].
• Van de Walle, burgomaster of Bruges, [224]; [225].
• Van der Voort, Michel, sculptor of Antwerp, [326].
• Van der Weyden, Rogier (Roger de la Pasture), [270-272]; [273];
• influence of sculpture on, [275]; [280]; [300]; [307]; [308]; [309]; [341].
• Vauban, military engineer, constructs walls of Ypres, [142];
• fortifies Tournai, [250]; [312].
• Verbanck, Georges, [241].
• Verbruggen, P. H., sculptor, [241]; [453].
• Vere, Sir Francis, English commander at Ostende, [467-468].
• Verhaegen, Theodore, sculptor, [329];
• fine carvings at Malines, [331].
• Verlat, Charles, [418-419].
• Vervoort, Michel, [442].
• Vivés, Louis, [341].
• Voisin, Belgian historian, [160].
• Vos, Martin de, many works of, at Antwerp, [404]; [431].
• Vriendt, Albrecht and Julian de, frescoes at Bruges, [58-59];
• at Furnes, [91].
• Vriendt, Cornelius de, [456-457].
• Vos, Cornelius de, portraits of, [453].
• Vydts, Jodocus, [234].
• W
• Waghenakere, Dominique de, architect, [348].
• Walloon provinces, [13]; [24].
• Walter of Straten, [37].
• Waterloo, Battle of, [94]; [158]; [250]; [359]; [460].
• Wauters, Prof. A. J., “History of Flemish Painting,” cited, [229];
• attributes portrait of Charles the Bold to Van der Goes, [362];
• on Peter Breughel the Elder, quoted, [404-405];
• eulogy of Rubens, quoted, [446-447].
• Wauters, Emile, painting of the madness of Hugo Van der Goes, [361].
• Weale, James, cited, [299].
• Westende, [473].
• White Hoods, [188];
• destroy castles of Liliaert nobles, [200].
• William of Dampierre, Count of Flanders, [153].
• William I, King of Holland, [460].
• William of Juliers, Provost of Maestricht, [154]; [193].
• William the Silent, Prince of Orange, [320]; [328]; [412]; [419];
• death, [419];
• plans for defence of Antwerp disregarded, [420-421].
• Winders, sculptor, [19].
• Witte, Gaspar de, [386].
• Wolsey, Cardinal, [249].
• Wordsworth, quoted, [168].
• Wynandael, [53]; [132].
• Y
• Yperlée, tributary to the Yser, [104].
• Ypres, at the time of the Crusades, [13];
• fortified by Baldwin II, [34];
• execution of Provost of St. Donatian at, [40-41];
• receives charter from Philip of Alsace, [55];
• stubborn defence in the Great War, [116-118];
• Halle aux Draps, or Cloth Hall, [118-125];
• church of St. Martin, [125-126];
• Grande Place, [126-129];
• Musée Merghelynck, [139-140];
• rue de Lille and ancient city walls, [141-143];
• causes of decline, [143-145];
• language spoken at, [159];
• guildsmen of, at Battle of the Spurs, [157]; [190]; [192]; [198-199];
• influence of Jacques Van Artevelde in, [200]; [202];
• Melchior Broederlam, early painter of, [230-231]; [304];
• Hotel de Ville destroyed by the Germans, [482].
• Ysenbrant, Adriaen, early painter of Bruges, [301].
• Yser Canal, limit of the German advance, [94];
• the locks, the river and the three canals, [103-104].
• Z
• Zee-Brugge, from the sea, [16].
• Zeghers, Gerard, religious pictures of, [453].
• Zwyn, ancient channel to Bruges, [16-17]; [59];
• silting up of, [70-71];
• replaced by the Scheldt, as channel of commerce, [394-395]; [398].