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books on: Courtrai  - 381 results

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The Low Countries and the Hundred Years' War: 1326-1347
Book by Henry Stephen Lucas; University of Michigan, 1929
Subjects: Europe--Politics And Government--476-1492, Flanders--History, Hundred Years' War, 1339-1453, Netherlands--History--To 1384
...Gerard Toen, of an old family in Courtrai who had served as scultetus of the...Bruges in 1320, had been sent to Courtrai to act as captains and to direct...191 Hostages were also taken from Courtrai and lodged at Ghent. 192 The captains...
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Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Vol. 11
Book by Keith Brown, Anne H. Anderson, Laurie Bauer, Margie Berns, Graeme Hirst, Jim Miller; Elsevier, 2006
Subjects: Language And Languages--Encyclopedias, Linguistics--Encyclopedias
...Leipzig: Breitkoph c? Hiirtcl. Siger de Courtrai (d. 1341) L Kaczmarek, Borgholzhausen...Ltd. All rights reserved. Siger of Courtrai (latinized as Sigerus de Cortraco...then Ghucldeghem) near Kortrll*k/Courtrai, Flanders, Belgium. Since c. 1309...
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Music in the Renaissance
Book by Gustave Reese; Norton, 1959
Subjects: Music--15th Century--History And Criticism, Music--16th Century--History And Criticism, Renaissance
...Beveringen, etc. was born in Harelbeke near Courtrai in 1543. In February, 1563, he became...September. From Bruges, Pevernage went to Courtrai, assuming the post of choir director...and, in 1569, permanent vicar. At Courtrai, he joined the guild of St. Cecilia...
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A Plague of Insurrection: Popular Politics and Peasant Revolt in Flanders, 1323-1328
Book by William H. TeBrake; University of Pennsylvania Press, 1993
Subjects: Flanders--History, Flanders--Politics And Government, Flanders--Rural Conditions, Flanders--Social Conditions, Peasant Uprisings--Flanders, Peasantry--Flanders--History, Social History--Medieval, 500-1500
...concerned that the Overleie quarter of Courtrai, the part that lay on the left bank...organize a more effective defense of Courtrai, Louis and his advisers, with the apparent...river, and spread to the main part of Courtrai. Furious at this turn of events, the...
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Medieval Warfare: A History
Book by Maurice Keen; Oxford University Press, 1999
Subjects: Europe--History, Military, Military Art And Science--History--Medieval, 500-1500
...Philip the Fairs horsemen at the battle of Courtrai. This famous triumph of infantry over...life. On the other hand, the defeat at Courtrai proved to be much less important in its...years later. Both at Bouvines and at Courtrai the French relied primarily, though...
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journal articles on: Courtrai  - 9 results

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Nobles, Patricians and Officers: The Making of a Regional Political Elite in Late Medieval Flanders
Journal article by Jan Dumolyn; Journal of Social History, Vol. 40, 2006
Subjects: Flanders--History, Patricians (Rome)--Social aspects, Social mobility--Research
...Hector van Voorhoute, who was bailiff of Courtrai in 1424, at that time stayed in his...that in 1413 he owned another house in Courtrai, close to one of the city gates...was spread throughout the districts of Courtrai and Lille. (69) In this way, officers...
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Guardianship over Women in Medieval Flanders: A Reappraisal
Journal article by Ellen E. Kittell; Journal of Social History, Vol. 31, 1998
Subjects: Family--Social aspects, Flanders--History, Middle Ages--Social aspects, Women--Social aspects
...Wulfars to the chapter of Notre Dame of Courtrai illustrates this nicely. A portion of...lancienne eglise collegiale de Notre Dame a Courtrai (Ghent, 1880), 162 no. 146. 56...hommes de leglize de Nostre-Dame de Courtrai . . . (ibid., 165 no. 149). 58...
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Rimbaud, Verlaine, and Their Season in Hell
Journal article by Graham Robb; New England Review, Vol. 21, 2000
Subjects: Rimbaud, Arthur--1854-1891
...in the gun and continues to drink. NOON By now, Verlaine, his mother, and Rimbaud have moved to the Hotel de la Ville de Courtrai in the Rue des Brasseurs. Rimbaud and Verlaine share a room: one door leads to the landing, the other into Mme. Verlaines...
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Marguerite De Navarre and the Androgynous Portrait of Francois Ier
Journal article by Barbara Hochstetler Meyer; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 48, 1995
Subjects: Ier, Francois (King of France)--Portrayals, depictions, etc., Portraits--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
...France, ed. Andre Chastel, 199-230. Paris, 1975. Bille-de Mot, E. and F. C. Legrand, ed. LEurope Humaniste. Courtrai, 1963. Binenbaum, Oreste and Sylvia Pressouyre. "Dossier technique." In La Galerie Francois Ier au chateau de Fontainebleau...
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The Manuscript Reception of Jean Molinet's Trosne d'Honneur
Journal article by Adrian Armstrong; Medium Aevum, Vol. 74, 2005
Subjects: Le Trosne d'Honneur (Poem)--Criticism and interpretation, Medieval poetry--Criticism and interpretation, Molinet, Jean--Authorship, Molinet, Jean--Criticism and interpretation, Poetry, Medieval--Criticism and interpretation
...2604, 16 fols; untitled F: Paris, Bibliotheque nationale de France, n. a. fr. 21532, 12 fols; Le trosne dhonneur H: Courtrai, Stedelijke Openbare Bibliotheek, MS 366, 10 fols; Le tronne donneur The anthologies devoted primarily to Molinet have...
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magazine articles on: Courtrai  - 5 results

 
 
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The Battle of the Golden Spurs: July 11th, 1302
Magazine article by Richard Cavendish; History Today, Vol. 52, July 2002
Subjects: Battles--Belgium, Edward I, King of England--Foreign relations, Flanders--History, France--History, Guy, Count of Flanders--Foreign relations, Massacres--Belgium, Philip, King of France--Military policy, Robert of Artois--Military policy
...up in triumph in the abbey church of Courtrai, whose townspeople had inflicted a remarkable...defeat on the massed chivalry of France. Courtrai was a prosperous Flemish cloth town on...Flemings in their place. When it reached Courtrai, however, the townsmen boldly took...
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The Leaf That Launched a Thousand Ships
Magazine article by Douglas C. Daly; Natural History, Vol. 105, January 1996
Subjects: Famine, Fungi, History, Ireland, Potatoes
...and South America, and these were the subject of field trials in 1843-5; late blight was first reported there, in the Courtrai area of Belgium, in the last week of June 1845. The summer in the Low Countries had started beautifully, but then, as Austin...
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Cavalry to Computer; the Pattern of Military Revolutions
Magazine article by Andrew F. Krepinevich; The National Interest, Fall 1994
Subjects: Revolutions--Analysis, War--Analysis
...the tiny kingdom of Flanders, which was relatively quick in exploiting the revolution, was able to muster a larger army at Courtrai (1302) than the entire kingdom of France. Finally, the Infantry Revolution marked a sharp increase in casualties on the...
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Belgium Special Intervention Squadron
Magazine article by Eitan Meyr; Law & Order, Vol. 49, March 2001
Subjects: Belgium, History, Police, Tactical units
...rescuing Ulrike Bidegard and arresting her kidnapper; 1996, arresting a member of the Algerian GIA terrorist organization in Courtrai; and 1998, arresting seven members of the GIA in Brussels. The ESI unit is one of the most important elements in Belgiums...
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'A Prisoner's Duty': Eight Daring Pow Escapes, Part 2
Magazine article by Robert Widener; VFW, Veterans of Foreign Wars Magazine, Vol. 93, November 2005
Subjects: American Civil War, Military history, Prisoners of war & missing in action, Rose, Thomas, World War I, World War II
...knocking him unconscious. He miraculously survived the crash and woke up a captive in a German military prison hospital in Courtrai, Belgium. While healing from his wound, OBrien began to plan an escape. Fortunately, he was still in possession of his...


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newspaper articles on: Courtrai  - 6 results

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Official Secrets of a War Heroine; When Eileen Younghusband Volunteered for the WAAF at 19, Little Did She Know She Would Be One of the Key Players in the Fight against Nazi Bombers. on the 63rd Anniversary of Victory in Europe She Speaks to Abbie Wightwick about Life for Women in the War
Newspaper article; Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales), May 3, 2008
...fingernails. I remember one especially: Trahi par ma maitresse, Leonardine Boisson de Courtrai which means Betrayed by my mistress, Leonardine Boisson of Courtrai. "Many nights, still awake, I wonder what happened to her. "Another cell wall...
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The War Is Over. We Have Suffered Enough -PATSY DEVINE; Patsy, 80, Forced to Leave Home by Pipe-Bomb Attack on PSNI Station
Newspaper article; The Mirror (London, England), December 2, 2009
...Patsy Devine, 80, and the residents of seven other houses in Courtrai Park were forced from their homes by a pipe-bomb attack on...or injury caused. I would pay tribute to the residents of Courtrai Park who were very firm and strong through what has to be a...
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Getting Warmer; House Prices May Be Rising All over London but Don't Despair Just Yet - We've Found 10 Property 'Warmspots' That Are Still Affordable (Although They Won't Be for Long)
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), February 14, 2007
Subjects: Investment banks, The Goldman Sachs Group Inc.
...Park station to London Bridge Where to buy? Families want to be on the five roads to the west of Stondon Park Road, from Courtrai in the north to Riseldine in the south, full of mostly 1930s terraced houses. Young professionals seek out the Victorian...
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BIG, BAD MONSTERS; Charles Saatchi's Latest Survey of Contemporary Art Reveals Sculpture in Bad Shape, All Blobby Bodies and Random Assemblies -- Monumentally Meaningless EXHIBITION OF THE WEEK
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), June 2, 2011
...that so many Netherlandish artists of the past have shown when painting mountains, bluffs and rocks -- Martin was born in Courtrai -- or are they just as he retrieved them, prompting the naughty thought that they would look more comfortable as the bare...
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Don't Miss the Mussels in Brussels; They Call It Boring Belgium and Tell You That There's Not Much to See - and Even Less to Do. Backpacker JOANNE LANE Won't Have a Word of It
Newspaper article; Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England), July 2, 2006
...on the train to Brussels. Eurolines buses service the major towns of Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, Ghent, Liege, Mons and Courtrai. Holiday companies such as Eurocamp have sites in the area, where you can stay in a static caravan or tent. The Sunday Mercurys...
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encyclopedia articles on: Courtrai  - 5 results

 
 
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Courtrai
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
COURTRAI see Kortrijk , Belgium. ____________________ Copyright 2009 Columbia University Press. Used with the permission of Columbia University Press. All rights reserved.
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Philip IV , King of France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1300), he imposed French rule on the Flemish. They rebelled and defeated (1302) the French at the disastrous battle of Courtrai. Although Philip was victorious over the Flemish in 1304, he was forced, in subsequent treaties, to reduce his demands...
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France
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...administration was improved even more. Philip failed to incorporate Flanders into his holdings, as the Flemish crushed the French at Courtrai (1302). To meet his revenue needs Philip taxed the clergy, summoning the first national States-General (1302) to support...
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Kortrijk
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
KORTRIJK kort rik, Fr. Courtrai, city (1991 pop. 76,141), West Flanders prov., SW Belgium, on the Leie River. It is an important linen, lace, and...
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Battle of the Spurs
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
BATTLE OF THE SPURS 1 Fought in 1302 near Courtrai, Belgium, between the rebellious Flemish towns, led by Bruges, and an army sent by Philip IV of France, who had annexed Flanders...


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