Thus the interest and the attraction
of Flanders and the Flemish towns are chiefly historical. But it
would be impossible to compress the history of such places as Bruges,
Ypres, Furnes, or Nieuport within the limits of a few pages, except
at the cost of loading them with a mass of dry facts. Accordingly
the plan adopted in preparing the letterpress which accompanies Mr.
Forestier's drawings has been to select a few leading incidents,
and give these at some length.
The Flemish School of Painting and Architecture has been so well
and frequently described that it would have been mere affectation
to make more than a few passing allusions to that topic.
Some space has, however, been devoted to an account of the recent
development of the Flemish littoral, which has been so remarkable
during the last quarter of a century.
Contents
CHAPTER I
THE MARKET-PLACE AND BELFRY--EARLY HISTORY OF BRUGES
CHAPTER II
BALDWIN BRAS-DE-FER--THE PLACE DU BOURG--MURDER OF CHARLES THE GOOD
CHAPTER III
THE BEGUINAGE--CHURCHES--THE RELIC OF THE HOLY BLOOD
CHAPTER IV
THE BRUGES MATINS--BATTLE OF THE GOLDEN SPURS
CHAPTER V
DAMME--THE SEA-FIGHT AT SLUIS--SPLENDOUR OF BRUGES IN THE MIDDLE
AGES--THE FALL AND LOSS OF TRADE
CHAPTER VI
'BRUGES LA MORTE'
CHAPTER VII
THE PLAIN OF WEST FLANDERS--YPRES
CHAPTER VIII
FURNES--THE PROCESSION OF PENITENTS
CHAPTER IX
NIEUPORT--THE BATTLE OF THE DUNES
CHAPTER X
THE COAST OF FLANDERS
CHAPTER XI
COXYDE--THE SCENERY OF THE DUNES
INDEX
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