You will learn a great deal about the country of Belgium in this work by George Osmond. Contents listed below:
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 B�guinage�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 Entr�e�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 Li�ge 273
XX. Early History of Li�ge�Bishop Notger�The Court of Peace 279
XXI. The Dukes of Burgundy�Destruction of Li�ge by Charles the Bold 295
XXII. The Wild Boar of Ardennes 313
XXIII. �rard de la Marck�The Principality in the Sixteenth Century 325
XXIV. The Chiroux and the Grignoux�The Tragic Banquet of Warfus�e 339
XXV. The Gaming-tables at Spa�The French Revolution�Annexation of the Principality 353
XXVI. Li�ge and the Valley of the Meuse in Modern Times�Bouillon 363
Index 377
