Flanders A Cultural History

Name: Flanders A Cultural History
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ISBN: 9780195314939

ISBN-10: 019531493X

ISBN-13: 9780195314939

Edition: 2007

Authors: Andre de Vries

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Andre de Vries explores the varied landmarks of Flanders, both rural and urban, to reveal this region's unique character. Considering great cities such as Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges, he traces the development of a civic culture based on both trade and ideas, in which religion and language play a vital part. Looking too at the Flemish countryside, he explains the role of festivals and folk culture, gluttony and pleasure, in the survival of a strongly local identity.

Book details

List price: $56.00
Copyright year: 2007
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/11/2007
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 256
Size: 8.31" wide x 5.71" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.056
Language: English



Introduction


My Mostly Flat Country



War, Language and Flemish Freedom



Religion and Folklore



Food, Drink and Popular Culture



Ghent and the Gate to Hell



East Flanders and the Scheldt



Bruges: Petrified Dreams



Ypres and the First World War



The Coast and West Flanders



Antwerp: City of Rubens



Brussels, Leuven and Mechelen



The Kempen and Limburg



New Landscapes and Dutch Flanders



French Flanders


Further Reading


Index of Literary and Historical Names


Index of Places