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Contents
TRANSLATOR'S NOTE XI
PREFACE XII
1.A LONG BEGINNING: THE LOW COUNTRIES
THROUGH THE TENTH CENTURY
L. J.R. MILIS 		1
1. CELTS, ROMANS, AND GERMANS 2
A GEOGRAPHY OF PREHISTORIC TIMES 2
ROMAN RULE AND GERMANIC MIGRATION 3
2. THE MEROVINGIAN PERIOD 6
CHANGE AND CONTINUITY 6
FRANKISH RULE 8
3. THE CAROLINGIAN PERIOD
(EIGHTH AND NINTH CENTURIES) 		12
ANOINTED KINGS AND CROWNED EMPERORS 12
IDEAL AND REALITY 16
4. THE "IRON" TENTH CENTURY 18
2.COUNTS, CITIES, AND C LERICS: THE ELEVENTH,
TWELFTH, AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES
L. J.R. MILIS 		23
1. POLITICAL FRAGMENTATION 24
FLANDERS'S LEAD 24
POLITICAL LIFE IN LOTHARINGIA 25
GRADUAL CONSOLIDATION 27
2. ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RELATIONS 32
DEMOGRAPHY, AGRICULTURE, AND THE
NEW LANDS 		32
CITIES, TRADE, AND COMMERCE 36
3. RELIGIOUS AND CULTURAL LIFE 42
THE CHURCH 42
RELIGION 44
CULTURE 48
3.THE FORMATION OF A POLITICAL UNION,
1300-1600
W. P. BLOCKMANS 		55

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Publication Information: Book Title: History of the Low Countries. Contributors: J. C. H. Blom - editor, E. Lamberts - editor, James C. Kennedy - transltr. Publisher: Berghahn Books. Place of Publication: New York. Publication Year: 1999. Page Number: V.
    
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