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Canon of Flanders, the Glossary

The Canon of Flanders is a list of key developments in the history of the Flemish Region of Belgium, as exemplified by particularly striking people, places, events or artefacts, drawn up by a committee of nine experts appointed by the regional government of Flanders.^[1]

60 relations: Battle of Gavere, Battle of the Golden Spurs, Beeldenstorm, Beguinage, Belgian Revolution, Belgium, Belgium in World War I, Belgium in World War II, Bombardment of Brussels, Burgundian State, Canon of the Netherlands, Cathelyne Van den Bulcke, Charlemagne, Colonization of the Congo Basin, Danish Culture Canon, Dull Gret, Emilie Claeys, Erasmus, European potato failure, Flemish dialects, Flemish Movement, Flemish Region, Francia, Franco-Flemish School, Ghent Altarpiece, Hallstatt culture, Hebban olla vogala, Hendrik Conscience, History of rail transport in Belgium, Hugo Claus, Jacques Brel, James Ensor, Joseph Cardijn, Kazerne Dossin Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre, Kemmelberg, Last Glacial Period, LGBT rights in Belgium, Linear Pottery culture, Maria Theresa, Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire, Meuse, Muhammad al-Idrisi, Napoleonic Code, Ommegang, Paul Panda Farnana, Pedro de Gante, Peter Paul Rubens, Port of Antwerp, Reynard the Fox, Ros Beiaard (Dendermonde), ... Expand index (10 more) »
Culture of Flanders
Historiography of Belgium
History of Flanders

Battle of Gavere

The Battle of Gavere was fought at Semmerzake, near Gavere, in the County of Flanders (modern-day Belgium) on 23 July 1453, between the army of Philip the Good of Burgundy and the rebelling city of Ghent.

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Battle of the Golden Spurs

The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Guldensporenslag; Bataille des éperons d'or) or 1302 Battle of Courtrai was a military confrontation between the royal army of France and rebellious forces of the County of Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the 1297–1305 Franco-Flemish War.

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Beeldenstorm

Beeldenstorm in Dutch and Bildersturm in German (roughly translatable from both languages as 'attack on the images or statues') are terms used for outbreaks of destruction of religious images that occurred in Europe in the 16th century, known in English as the Great Iconoclasm or Iconoclastic Fury and in French as the Furie iconoclaste.

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Beguinage

A beguinage, from the French term béguinage, is an architectural complex which was created to house beguines: lay religious women who lived in community without taking vows or retiring from the world.

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Belgian Revolution

The Belgian Revolution was the conflict which led to the secession of the southern provinces (mainly the former Southern Netherlands) from the United Kingdom of the Netherlands and the establishment of an independent Kingdom of Belgium.

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Belgium

Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe.

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Belgium in World War I

The history of Belgium in World War I traces Belgium's role between the German invasion in 1914, through the continued military resistance and occupation of the territory by German forces to the armistice in 1918, as well as the role it played in the international war effort through its African colony and small force on the Eastern Front.

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Belgium in World War II

Despite being neutral at the start of World War II, Belgium and its colonial possessions found themselves at war after the country was invaded by German forces on 10 May 1940.

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Bombardment of Brussels

During the Nine Years' War, the French Royal Army carried out a bombardment of Brussels from August 13–15, 1695.

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Burgundian State

The Burgundian StateB.

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Canon of the Netherlands

The Canon of the Netherlands (also known as the Canon of Dutch History) is a list of fifty topics that aims to provide a chronological summary of Dutch history to be taught in primary schools and the first two years of secondary school in the Netherlands.

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Cathelyne Van den Bulcke

Cathelyne Van den Bulcke was a Flemish woman who was accused of being a witch and burned alive on the market place of Lier on 20 January 1590.

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Charlemagne

Charlemagne (2 April 748 – 28 January 814) was King of the Franks from 768, King of the Lombards from 774, and Emperor, of what is now known as the Carolingian Empire, from 800, holding these titles until his death in 814.

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Colonization of the Congo Basin

Colonization of the Congo Basin refers to the European colonization of the Congo Basin of tropical Africa.

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Danish Culture Canon

The Danish Culture Canon (Kulturkanonen) consists of 108 works of cultural excellence in eight categories: architecture, visual arts, design and crafts, film, literature, music, performing arts, and children's culture.

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Dull Gret

Dulle Griet (anglicized as Dull Gret), also known as Mad Meg, is a figure of Flemish folklore who is the subject of a 1563 oil-on-panel by Flemish renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder.

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Emilie Claeys

Emilie Maria Claeys (8 or 9 May 1855 - 16 February 1943) was a Belgian feminist and socialist.

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Erasmus

Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus (English: Erasmus of Rotterdam or Erasmus; 28 October c.1466 – 12 July 1536) was a Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher.

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European potato failure

The European potato failure was a food crisis caused by potato blight that struck Northern and Western Europe in the mid-1840s.

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Flemish dialects

Flemish (Vlaams) is a Low Franconian dialect cluster of the Dutch language.

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Flemish Movement

The Flemish Movement (Vlaamse Beweging) is an umbrella term which encompasses various political groups in the Belgian region of Flanders and, less commonly, in French Flanders. Canon of Flanders and Flemish Movement are history of Flanders.

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Flemish Region

The Flemish Region (Vlaams Gewest), usually simply referred to as Flanders (Vlaanderen), is one of the three regions of Belgium—alongside the Walloon Region and the Brussels-Capital Region.

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Francia

The Kingdom of the Franks (Regnum Francorum), also known as the Frankish Kingdom, the Frankish Empire (Imperium Francorum) or Francia, was the largest post-Roman barbarian kingdom in Western Europe.

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Franco-Flemish School

The designation Franco-Flemish School, also called Netherlandish School, Burgundian School, Low Countries School, Flemish School, Dutch School, or Northern School, refers to the style of polyphonic vocal music composition originating from France and from the Burgundian Netherlands in the 15th and 16th centuries as well as to the composers who wrote it.

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Ghent Altarpiece

The Ghent Altarpiece, also called the Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (De aanbidding van het Lam Gods), is a very large and complex 15th-century polyptych altarpiece in St Bavo's Cathedral, Ghent, Belgium.

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Hallstatt culture

The Hallstatt culture was the predominant Western and Central European archaeological culture of the Late Bronze Age (Hallstatt A, Hallstatt B) from the 12th to 8th centuries BC and Early Iron Age Europe (Hallstatt C, Hallstatt D) from the 8th to 6th centuries BC, developing out of the Urnfield culture of the 12th century BC (Late Bronze Age) and followed in much of its area by the La Tène culture.

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Hebban olla vogala

"", sometimes spelled "", are the first three words of an 11th-century text fragment written in Old Dutch.

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Hendrik Conscience

Henri (Hendrik) Conscience (3 December 1812 – 10 September 1883) was a Belgian author.

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History of rail transport in Belgium

Belgium was heavily involved in the early development of railway transport.

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Hugo Claus

Hugo Maurice Julien Claus (5 April 1929 – 19 March 2008) was a leading Belgian author who published under his own name as well as various pseudonyms.

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Jacques Brel

Jacques Romain Georges Brel (8 April 1929 – 9 October 1978) was a Belgian singer and actor who composed and performed theatrical songs.

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James Ensor

James Sidney Edouard, Baron Ensor (13 April 1860 – 19 November 1949) was a Belgian painter and printmaker, an important influence on expressionism and surrealism who lived in Ostend for most of his life.

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Joseph Cardijn

Joseph Leo Cardijn (13 November 1882 – 24 July 1967) was a Belgian Catholic cardinal and the founder of the movement of Young Christian Workers (Jeunesse ouvrière chrétienne, JOC).

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Kazerne Dossin Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre

The Kazerne Dossin Holocaust memorial is the only part of the Kazerne Dossin: Memorial, Museum and Documentation Centre on Holocaust and Human Rights established within the former Mechelen transit camp of World War II, from which, in German-occupied Belgium, arrested Jews and Romani were sent to concentration camps.

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Kemmelberg

The Kemmelberg is a hill formation in Flanders, Belgium.

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Last Glacial Period

The Last Glacial Period (LGP), also known as the Last glacial cycle, occurred from the end of the Last Interglacial to the beginning of the Holocene, years ago, and thus corresponds to most of the timespan of the Late Pleistocene.

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LGBT rights in Belgium

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights in Belgium are regarded as some of the most progressive in Europe and the world.

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Linear Pottery culture

The Linear Pottery culture (LBK) is a major archaeological horizon of the European Neolithic period, flourishing.

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Maria Theresa

Maria Theresa (Maria Theresia Walburga Amalia Christina; 13 May 1717 – 29 November 1780) was ruler of the Habsburg dominions from 1740 until her death in 1780, and the only woman to hold the position suo jure (in her own right).

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Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire

Marie-Elisabeth Belpaire (31 January 1853 – 9 June 1948) was a Belgian writer and activist.

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Meuse

The Meuse (Moûze) or Maas (Maos or Maas) is a major European river, rising in France and flowing through Belgium and the Netherlands before draining into the North Sea from the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta.

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Muhammad al-Idrisi

Abu Abdullah Muhammad al-Idrisi al-Qurtubi al-Hasani as-Sabti, or simply al-Idrisi (أبو عبد الله محمد الإدريسي القرطبي الحسني السبتي; Dreses; 1100–1165), was a Muslim geographer and cartographer who served in the court of King Roger II at Palermo, Sicily.

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Napoleonic Code

The Napoleonic Code, officially the Civil Code of the French (simply referred to as Code civil), is the French civil code established during the French Consulate in 1804 and still in force in France, although heavily and frequently amended since its inception.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canon_of_Flanders

Also known as Flemish Canon.

, Scheldt, Simon Stevin, The Bulletin (Belgian magazine), The Holocaust in Belgium, Tongeren, Tour of Flanders, VRT (broadcaster), Wormhout, Young Christian Workers, Yser Towers.

Canon of Flanders, the Glossary

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See also

Culture of Flanders

Historiography of Belgium

History of Flanders

References