WEST FLANDERS

Du. West-Vlaanderen, Fr. Flandre Occidentale, province (1991 pop. 1,106,829), W Belgium, bordering on the North Sea in the west, on the Netherlands in the northeast, and on France in the south. The chief cities are Bruges (the capital), Kortrijk, Oostende, Ypres, and Roeselare. West Flanders is drained by the Leie and Yser rivers and has many small canals. It has considerable fertile soil; grain, flax, potatoes, sugar beets, and tobacco are grown. Dairy cattle are raised. Fishing is pursued in the North Sea. The province's varied manufactures include textiles, linen, and metal goods. West Flanders is mainly Dutch-speaking. For its history, see Flanders.

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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
...forces seizing much of Walloon Flanders and the districts of Bourbourg...the treason of the nobility of west Flanders. 56 A series of truces arrived...By the end of May 1300, all Flanders was occupied and quickly incorporated...
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About Catherine de Medici Christ in Flanders - Vol. 33
Book by Honore de Balzac; McKinlay, Stone and MacKenzie, 1915
Subjects: Balzac, Honore de--1799-1850--About Catharine De Medici. Christ in Flanders
...The sky was almost overspread with livid gray, but down in the west there were long narrow bars like streaks of blood; while lines...vehemence of the wind. The gray mass was rent and scattered east and west with ominous speed, a dim uncertain light from the rift in the...
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Lust for Liberty: The Politics of Social Revolt in Medieval Europe, 1200-1425 : Italy, France, and Flanders
Book by Samuel K. Cohn Jr.; Harvard University Press, 2006
Subjects: Civilization, Medieval, Revolutions--Europe--History, Social Change--Europe--History
...efforts of Philip the Fair to bring Flanders within the ambit of French control...Flemish society from the Count of Flanders to disenfranchised workers, a...confrontations that would spread through West Flanders and as far east as Liege. Moreover...
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In Flanders Fields: And Other Poems
Book by John McCrae, Andrew Macpbail; G.P. Putnams Sons, 1919
Subjects: English Poetry, Poetry
John McCrae I "In Flanders Fields," the piece of verse from which...1915. At the time I was living in Flanders at a convent in front of Locre, in shelter...which lies seven miles south and slightly west of Ypres. The piece bore no signature...
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The Travels of Leo of Rozmital through Germany, Flanders, England, France, Spain, Portugal, and Italy, 1465-1467
Book by Malcolm Letts; Published for the Hakluyt Society at the University Press, 1957
Subjects: Europe--Description And Travel--To 1600, Pilgrims And Pilgrimages--Europe
...1704-32. SANSOVINO F. Delle cose notabili della Citta di Venetia . Venice, 1587. -- -- Venetia citta nobilissima . Venice, 1581. SCHULTE A. Geschichte des mittelalterlichen Handels und Verkehrs zwischen West-deutschland und Italien
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journal articles on: West Flanders  - 378 results

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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
Guardianship over women in medieval Flanders: a reappraisal. by Ellen E. Kittell...studies of the social history of medieval Flanders, both of which are predicated on the...that patriarchy, at least in medieval Flanders, did not necessarily imply guardianship...
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A Bishop's Tale: Mathias Hovius among His Flock in Seventeenth-Century Flanders
Journal article by Hilmar M. Pabel; Renaissance Quarterly, Vol. 54, 2001
Subjects: A Bishop's Tale: Mathias Hovius Among His Flock in Seventeenth-Century Flanders (Book)--Reviews, Books--Reviews
...Among His Flock in Seventeenth-Century Flanders by HILMAR M. PABEL Craig Harline and...Among His Flock in Seventeenth-Century Flanders New Haven and London: Yale University...aristocratic Benedictine nun of Grand Bigard west of Brussels, repeatedly defying the strictures...
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Bedding the Nightmare: Somatic Experience and Narrative Meaning in Dutch and Flemish Legend Texts
Journal article by Willem De Blecourt; Folklore, Vol. 114, 2003
Subjects: Flanders--Folklore, legends, etc., Folk literature--Research, Folklore--Research, Nightmares--Folklore, legends, etc.
...from Anzegem in the province of West Flanders remarked of the nightmare...informants in the very south-west corner of Flanders: "It is a woman who is renounced...text from Houten (in south-west Flanders), a headless horse appears...
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A Summary of the Decamp and West Des Moines Great Oasis Burial Sites in Central Iowa
Journal article by Lynn M. Alex, Joseph A. Tiffany; Midcontinental Journal of Archaeology, MCJA, Vol. 25, 2000
A Summary of the Decamp and West Des Moines Great Oasis Burial Sites in...Great Oasis culture cemeteries, the West Des Moines Burial site (13PK38) and...minimal professional supervision. The West Des Moines Burial site produced distinctive...
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"Multiculturalism" and the West
Journal article by Dwight D. Murphey; The Journal of Social, Political, and Economic Studies, Vol. 30, 2005
Subjects: Colonialism, Demographics, Globalization, Immigration, Liberalism, Multiculturalism & pluralism, Slavery
...Multiculturalism" and the West by Dwight D. Murphey The word...heretofore prevailed in the West. This is a "diversity" that...Katanga several years ago, and Flanders. 8. The Threat of Entry by...A. Salameh from Palestines West Bank, who was considered the...
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Man, Culture, War: York Membery Visits the in Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres Where a New Exhibition Demonstrates How Many Countries and Cultures Were Bound Up in the First World War
Magazine article by York Membery; History Today, Vol. 58, May 2008
Subjects: Civilization--Exhibitions, Culture--Exhibitions, Exhibitions, World War II, 1939-1945--Portrayals
...Membery Visits the in Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres...exhibition opening at the In Flanders Fields Museum in Ypres...Algerians and Egyptians, West Africans and West Indians...Morrocco and Tunisia) and West Africa (such as Mall...opens on May 1st at In Flanders Fields Museum, Cloth...
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China's Age of Fragility: As China Reclaims Its Central Role in the World, Robert Bickers Appeals to Britons and Others in the West to Take Account of the Legacy Left by the Country's Difficult 19th Century
Magazine article by Robert Bickers; History Today, Vol. 61, March 2011
Subjects: British imperialism--Influence, Chinese foreign relations--Evaluation, Chinese history--Influence, East and West--History, East and West--Management, East-West relations--History, East-West relations--Management
...complex, located a mile to the west, which surrounds the vast Kunming...of Chinas relations with the West and with Japan matters intensely...that patrolled the Yangzi and West rivers and even after the leased...experience. Not the red poppies of Flanders, of course, but the poppies...
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Classical Iconoclast
Magazine article by Theresa Howard; Pointe, Vol. 3, August 2002
Subjects: Artistic directors, Ballet, Corporate profiles, Denvers, Robert, Royal Ballet of Flanders
...country best known for its medieval cities, Royal Ballet of Flanders is a paradox. Despite its name, RBF, founded in 1969 by Jeanne...Denvers is perhaps best known as a teacher. In the 70s, his West Side School of Ballet in New York City attracted international...
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THE West Point Story
Magazine article by Bill Kauffman; The American Enterprise, Vol. 10, July 1999
Subjects: Military education--Curricula, United States Military Academy--Portrayals, depictions, etc.
THE West Point Story. by BILL KAUFFMAN...and Leadership Department at West Point. "Its hard to figure...poetry, not Kipling and "In Flanders Fields." While some of the...Terry Freeman, the founder of West Points visiting poets program...
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Gus Van Sant's Portland Visions: West Coast Urban Evolution Documented through the Viewfinder of a Local out Filmmaker
Magazine article by Byron Beck; The Advocate, April 22, 2008
Subjects: Filmmakers--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Filmmakers--Works, Milk (Motion picture), Motion picture locations--Social aspects, Movie directors--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Movie directors--Works, Movie locations--Social aspects, San Francisco, California--Social aspects, Van Sant, Gus--Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, Van Sant, Gus--Works
...Van Sants Portland Visions: West Coast Urban Evolution Documented...and ointments. A few blocks west of the pharmacy was another...at Northwest 10th Avenue and Flanders Street), old viaduct support...nudists who flock to the beachs west end, just off Reeder Road...
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newspaper articles on: West Flanders  - 340 results

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How Stephanie Flanders Fell Ed over Heels ...with Balls AND Miliband; She's the Ice Queen of the Credit Crunch - but Here Is Something You Would Never Have Guessed about One of the BBC's Best-Known Faces
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), October 10, 2010
Subjects: Credit, Miliband, Edward
...suggested neither Mr Balls nor Miss Flanders regretted their parting. Mr...they married in 1998. Miss Flanders, whose career at the BBC recovered...pounds sterling1 million home in West London, close to Television...actor and comic singer Michael Flanders, she attended St Pauls Girls...
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Yes, It's Perfectly Likely John and I Will Marry; Scare: Stephanie Flanders and John Arlidge's Son Stanley Was Born with a Hole in His Heart but Now, at 15 Months, Is the Picture of Health Lady in Red: Stephanie Flanders's Scarlet Dress Made Her Stand out on the Panel of Newsnight Experts That Interviewed David Cameron - but She Denies It Was a Political Statement
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), September 5, 2007
...LIZ HOGGARD STEPHANIE Flanders opens the door carefully...the bushes outsideher west London home. "We knew...reaction." Last week Flanders, economics editor for...died two weeks later. Flanders returned to America and...adviser (fans of TVs The West Wing may spot aresemblance...
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Work Wars; with the Economy the Story of the Decade, the Rivalry between BBC Duo Robert Peston and Stephanie Flanders Is Now Hotting Up
Newspaper article; The Evening Standard (London, England), April 27, 2009
Subjects: British Broadcasting Corp. BBC News
...belly-up later that October. Flanders had missed the story of the...dont count her out yet. Flanders is one brilliant, tough bird...brains at the BBC. Its said The West Wings CJ is modelled on her...Shes the daughter of Michael Flanders -- one half of Flanders and...
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PEACE OF HISTORY; the Battlefields and Beauty of Flanders
Newspaper article; Sunday Mirror (London, England), July 8, 2007
...Cloth Hall now houses the In Flanders Museum, which brings history...the tourist office - an In Flanders Fields route map costs pounds...soldiers. Just seven miles west of Ypres, on the edge of the...centre which tells the story of Flanders fields to the next generation...
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THE UNION SPY; Famous as Author of Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe, Daniel Defoe Also Led a Dangerous Double Life as a Secret Agent in Scotland, Playing a Vital Role in Shaping Her Political Destiny
Newspaper article; The Daily Mail (London, England), April 28, 2007
Subjects: International cooperation, Spies
...Famous as Author of Moll Flanders and Robinson Crusoe, Daniel...of Robinson Crusoe or Moll Flanders. When Defoe arrived in the...growing among Cameronians in the west. Every danger was relayed...including the feisty Moll Flanders, in which Defoe made detailed...
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encyclopedia articles on: West Flanders  - 28 results

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West Flanders
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
WEST FLANDERS Du. West-Vlaanderen, Fr. Flandre...Oostende , Ypres , and Roeselare . West Flanders is drained by the Leie and Yser rivers...textiles, linen, and metal goods. West Flanders is mainly Dutch-speaking. For its...
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Flanders
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...divided among East Flanders and West Flanders provs., Belgium; Nord and Pas...provinces of East Flanders and West Flanders. Flanderss strategic location...fighting in French Flanders and in West Flanders. In World War II, the battle...
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Belgium
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...Flanders embracing the northern provinces of East Flanders , West Flanders , Antwerp , Limburg , and part of Brabant , and...Germany. All of Belgium except a small strip in West Flanders, which served as a battle front throughout the...
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Bruges
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...pop. 117,063), capital of West Flanders prov., NW Belgium, connected...chief wool-processing centers of Flanders. New ports (notably Sluis ) were...England, France, and the counts of Flanders. Its government, at first in...
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Leterme, Yves
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
...1985). A Dutch-speaker from West Flanders, he has been active in the Flemish...he headed the government of Flanders, the Dutch-speaking portion...reforms and for greater autonomy for Flanders. His Christian Democrats won a...
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