The Story of Brussels

by Ernest Gilliat-Smith

• 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
• 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];
  • his oppression and cruelty, [129];
  • resigns his See and marries, [131];
  • demands fresh concessions, [136];
  • Estates oppose him, [142];
  • dies by poisoning, [162]
• 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];
  • chosen as a city captain, [89];
  • murdered, [91]
• 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,
  • in lay hands, [12];
  • invaded by Charles of France, [19]
• Louis of Maele. 71, [107], [120]
• Louvain, old Bourg of, [41];
  • Lambert Balderick, real founder of, [41];
  • grant of charter from Winceslaus, [76];
  • revolution of 1360 at, [95];
  • Church of Saint Peter at, [289]
• 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];
  • commerce of, [189];
  • features of, [190];
  • the old Minster, [190]-[192]
• 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];
  • governs Lotharingia by means of the Church, [16], [17];
  • gives ducal crown to Saint Bruno, [17];
  • his death, [19]
• 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];
  • induces Duchess Jeanne to abdicate, [122];
  • his death, [125]
• 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];
  • his hatred of Saint Bruno, [18], [19];
  • banished by Saint Bruno, [19];
  • his children befriended by French king, [19]
• 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];
  • his writings, [247], [248];
  • his death, [249]

• 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];
  • his escape, [114];
  • reinstated, [117]
• Swertere, Alderman Jan De, a patrician who favoured the people, [80];
  • assisted to retaliate by the plebeians, [93]