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The Story of Brussels

By Ernest Gilliat-Smith

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The Story of Brussels
PREFACE
CONTENTS
GENEALOGICAL TABLES
ILLUSTRATIONS
CHAPTER I In the Days before Brussels was Built
CHAPTER II The Norsemen and Louvain
CHAPTER III The House of Long Col
CHAPTER IV The Making of the Duchy of Brabant
CHAPTER V The Rise of Brussels and Louvain
CHAPTER VI The Serfs of St. Peter
CHAPTER VII The greater and the lesser Folk
CHAPTER VIII The Coelveren and the Blankarden
CHAPTER IX Peter Coutherele
CHAPTER X The Peace of 1383
CHAPTER XI Reform versus Revolution
CHAPTER XII Everard T'Serclaes
CHAPTER XIII Liberty at Last
CHAPTER XIV The Trials of Jacqueline
CHAPTER XV Buildings and Builders—Romanesque Architecture
- The Church of Saint Nicholas
- The Crypt of Saint Guy at Anderlecht
- Nivelles
- Beguines and Beghards
CHAPTER XVI Buildings and Builders (continued)
- Notre-Dame du Sablon
- Notre-Dame de la Chapelle
- Saint Michel et Sainte Gudule
- Saint-pierre de Louvain
- Mechlin.
- The Town Hall of Brussels
- The Town Hall of Louvain
CHAPTER XVII Pictures and Painters
- Roger van der Weyden
- Dierick Boudts
- Hugo van der Goes
- Quentin Metsys
- Bernard van Orley
CHAPTER XVIII Conclusion
Notes
INDEX