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From 862 and onwards, the County of Flanders was a feudal fiefdom of the Kingdom of West Francia. This county became very prosperous with powerful city-states, such as Bruges, Ghent, Ypres, Lille and Douai, which tried to maintain their independence from the count of Flanders.
2 days ago · Most of modern Belgium was in the Middle Kingdom, later known as Lotharingia, but the coastal county of Flanders, west of the Scheldt, became the northernmost part of West Francia, the predecessor of France.
2 days ago · France: County of Flanders: French Victory Shepherds' Crusade (1320) Location: France, Crown of Aragon. Kingdom of France Crown of Aragon Civilians (especially Jews) French peasant crusaders Franco–Aragonese victory Crusaders dispersed; Peasant revolt in Flanders 1323–1328 (1323–1328) Battle of Cassel (1328) Location: Flanders. Kingdom of ...
5 days ago · 3000 Leuven. Belgium. room: 05.41. tel: +32 16 32 50 18. contact. Trained as an urban historian at Ghent University, Jelle Haemers wrote two books on urban revolts in the county of Flanders. In recent years his research interests have widened to encompass the social history of the late medieval town, notably in the Low Countries (1100-1600). He ...
2 days ago · In 1462, Bordeaux created a local parliament. Bordeaux adhered to the Fronde, being effectively annexed to the Kingdom of France only in 1653, when the army of Louis XIV entered the city. 18th century, the golden era. The 18th century saw another golden age of Bordeaux.
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4 days ago · 3. Catalan is the official language in this small landlocked country. Answer: Andorra. Andorra is a landlocked country between France and Spain. It is a tourist country in the Pyrenees. Catalan is also spoken in a part of Spain, which is bigger and bordered by both the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea. 4.
3 days ago · Edinburgh, Scotland. Edinburgh, capital city of Scotland, located in southeastern Scotland with its centre near the southern shore of the Firth of Forth, an arm of the North Sea that thrusts westward into the Scottish Lowlands. The city and its immediate surroundings constitute an independent council area. The city and most of the council area ...
