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Bruges
Bruges or Brugge , city (1991 pop. 117,063), capital of West Flanders prov., NW Belgium, connected by canal with Zeebrugge (on the North Sea), its outer port. It is a rail junction as well as a commercial, industrial, and tourist center. Manufactures include lace, textiles, ships, railroad cars,... Read more
Zeebrugge
Zeebrugge , outer port of Bruges (Brugge), West Flanders prov., NW Belgium, on the North Sea. Zeebrugge was developed c.1900 to replace the silted-up port of Bruges ; it is connected to Bruges by a 6-mi (9.7-km) canal (opened 1907). Zeebrugge has coke and glass factories and oil-storage facilities.... Read more
Hans Memling
Hans Memling , c.1430-1494, Flemish religious and portrait painter, b. Germany. He may have studied with Roger van der Weyden in Brussels, but after 1466 he was in Bruges, working for Flemish patrons and for the many Italian businessmen there. His religious works reflect van der Weyden's figure type... Read more
battle of Ramillies
battle of Ramillies , fought May 23, 1706, near the village of Ramillies-Offus, Walloon Brabant prov., Belgium, 12 mi (19 km) S of Tienen, in the War of the Spanish Succession. Here, in one of his most brilliant victories, Marlborough commanded British, Dutch, and Danish troops and defeated the Fren... Read more
Battle of the Spurs
Battle of the Spurs 1 Fought in 1302 near Courtrai, Belgium, between the rebellious Flemish towns, led by Bruges, and an army sent by Philip IV of France, who had annexed Flanders in 1301. The French were totally defeated. The spurs taken from the fallen French knights formed so huge a trophy tha... Read more
Gerard David
Gerard David , c.1460-1523, Flemish painter, b. Oudewater, Holland. By 1484 he had established himself in Bruges, where he remained until his death. Dependent on the art of earlier Flemish painters, such as Jan van Eyck and Robert Campin, his work displays a uniform tenderness and grace. Among his n... Read more
Artus Quellinus
Artus Quellinus , 1609-68, Flemish sculptor. His allegorical figures decorating the royal palace of Amsterdam are famous. Quellinus was the outstanding follower of the Rubens tradition in sculpture. In addition to his baroque architectural decorations, he made numerous fine busts and figurines. His ... Read more
West Flanders
West Flanders Du. West-Vlaanderen, Fr. Flandre Occidentale, province (1991 pop. 1,106,829), W Belgium, bordering on the North Sea in the west, on the Netherlands in the northeast, and on France in the south. The chief cities are Bruges (the capital), Kortrijk , Oostende , Ypres , and Roes... Read more
Petrus Christus
Petrus Christus , fl. 1444-c.1473, Flemish painter; a follower and probably a pupil of the Van Eycks. In 1444 he became a free citizen of Bruges, where he remained until his death. Christus was successful in the rendering of geometric perspective and became noted for his fine, introspective treatmen... Read more
Pourbus
Pourbus , family of Flemish painters. Pieter Pourbus, 1510-84, painted portraits and religious subjects. His Last Judgment is in the Bruges Museum; the Metropolitan Museum has his Portrait of a Young Woman. His son, Frans Pourbus, 1545-81, was a pupil and follower of Frans Floris. In Ghent t... Read more

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Bruges
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Bruges or Brugge , city (1991 pop. 117,063...processed food, and industrial glass. Bruges was founded on an inlet of the North Sea...trade. At its zenith (14th cent.), Bruges was one of the major commercial hubs of...
Bruges, treaty of
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to British History Bruges, treaty of, 1375. After years of warfare, Charles V of France and Edward III agreed a truce, under papal auspices, and established a conference at Bruges to negotiate a permanent settlement. But after Edward's death in June 1377, fighting was resumed. J. A. Cannon
Belfry of Bruges, The, and Other Poems
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature Belfry of Bruges, The, and Other Poems, volume of poems by Longfellow , published in...Springfield , The Bridge , and The Arrow and the Song . The Belfry of Bruges , in rhymed couplets of eight‐stress lines, recalling the...
Gauthier of Bruges
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology Gauthier of Bruges According to medieval legend, Gauthier, a Franciscan monk made a bishop by...remains. He caused the tomb to be opened and was horrified to see Gauthier of Bruges presenting his act of appeal with a withered hand.
Caxton, William (c. 1422–1491)
Encyclopedia entry from: Europe, 1450 to 1789: Encyclopedia of the Early Modern World ...as a merchant adventurer trading from Bruges. From 1462 to 1470 he was the governor...shops, although he may well, while in Bruges, have seen some early printed books imported...things). In 1473 Caxton returned to Bruges and set up a new printing shop. The first...
Flanders
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Flemish cities—among which Ghent , Bruges , Ypres , and Kortrijk were foremost...the transit trade at such major ports as Bruges (later superseded by Antwerp ) and Ghent...French were massacred in the Matins of Bruges and were forcefully expelled in the Battle...
William Caxton
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...Large's death in 1441, Caxton moved to Bruges, where he worked as a merchant for 30...a company of English merchants, at Bruges. In 1469 he entered the service of Margaret...of printing. When Caxton returned to Bruges, he and Colard Mansion set up a printing...
Hans Memling
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...in Brussels, but after 1466 he was in Bruges, working for Flemish patrons and for...background of the St. Ursula Shrine panels (Bruges). His earliest known work is a triptych...Diptych of Martin van Nieuwenhoven (both Bruges); other pictures are in the Metropolitan...
Caxton, William
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Companion to English Literature ...was governor of the English merchants at Bruges, and he successfully negotiated commercial...sister of Edward IV. After his return to Bruges from Cologne (where he probably worked...of the Historyes of Troye (printed in Bruges, 1473–4). He next printed...
Petrus Christus
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography ...place in the workshop of Jan van Eyck in Bruges, and Christus is his only known follower...1444, when he became a free master in Bruges and was granted citizenship in the town...Milan in 1457, he remained active in Bruges until his death in 1472 or 1473. The...

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Bruges
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable Bruges a city in NW Belgium, capital of the province...a centre of the Flemish textile trade. Bruges Group a political pressure group formed...The name alludes to a speech given in Bruges by Margaret Thatcher, then British Prime...
Mattins of Bruges
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Mattins of Bruges. The massacre of the French lodged in Bruges by the Flemish inhabitants at daybreak on 18 May 1302.
Jean de Bruges
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Jean de Bruges. See Bondol .
Boodt, Anselmus Boetius De
Dictionary entry from: Complete Dictionary of Scientific Biography Boodt, Anselmus Boetius De ( b . Bruges, Belgium, ca . 1550; d . Bruges, 21 June 1632) mineralogy . Boodt was the son of...appointed canon of St. Donat ’ s Church in Bruges; he held this post until 1595 without leaving Prague...
Memlinc, Hans
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Seligenstadt, nr. Frankfurt, c. 1430/40; d Bruges, 11 Aug. 1494). Netherlandish painter, active in Bruges from 1465. He was German by birth, but...Tax records indicate that he was one of Bruges's wealthiest citizens and his large output...
David, Gerard
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Oudewater, nr. Gouda, ? c. 1460; d Bruges, 13 Aug. 1523). Netherlandish painter, active for almost all his career in Bruges. He had settled there by 1484, when...At this time the economic importance of Bruges was declining, but it still maintained...
Eyck, Jan van
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, in Bruges, moving soon afterwards to Lille. Jan...Jan seems to have settled permanently in Bruges, where he bought a house in 1432. It...van der Paele (1436, Groeningemuseum, Bruges). The Louvre painting, with large figures...
Blondeel, Lancelot
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...Lancelot ( b ?Poperinghe, 1498; bur . Bruges, 4 Mar. 1561). Netherlandish painter, active mainly in Bruges, where he became a member of the painters...Cosmas and Damian (1523, St Jacques, Bruges) is typical of his work as a painter...
Memlinc
Book article from: The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art and Artists ...Netherlandish painter, active in Bruges from 1465. He was born in Seligenstadt...Tax records indicate that he was one of Bruges's wealthiest citizens and his large...his patrons were Italians then living in Bruges ( Tommaso Portinari and his wife Maria...
Provost, Jan
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art Provost, Jan ( b Mons, c. 1465; d Bruges, Jan. 1529). Netherlandish painter, active mainly in Bruges, where he settled in 1494. He was perhaps...Gerard David , then the leading painter in Bruges, but Provost, although clumsier, was...

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Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390
Magazine article from: Business History Review; 1/1/2006; ; 700+ words ; Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390. By...52181921-0. Reviewed by Kathryn Reyerson In Bruges, Cradle of Capitalism, 1280-1390, James...broker-moneychanger networks of medieval Bruges may not have spawned direct descendants...
Bruges. (Belgian city)(includes vital statistics)
Magazine article from: Europe; 3/1/1994; ; 700+ words ; ...Medieval Appearances Notwithstanding, Bruges Looks Ahead to the 21st Century THE TWO THINGS I LIKE MOST about Bruges are: first, it's not going to change...s. The second thing I like is that Bruges' human sized proportions means that...
Bruges;Tony Randall Remembers This Preserved Medieval City
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 1/18/1987; ; 700+ words ; ...Venice is the most beautiful city I have ever seen, then Bruges is the prettiest. If Venice is an opera by Bellini, then Bruges is a quartet by Haydn; Venice is Titian and Tintoretto. Bruges is van Eyck and Roger van der Weyden. Both are cities...
Bruges, beautifully perfect, basking as cultural capital of Europe.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 2/18/2002; ; 700+ words ; BRUGES, Belgium _ Els only has me for the morning...fills my head with historical facts about Bruges, from its wealthy heyday in the 1300s and...dipped in formaldehyde. "People think that Bruges is just some kind of living museum and not...
Beautiful Bruges, a city frozen in time
Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times; 4/12/1987; ; 700+ words ; BRUGES, Belgium When we first wander through Bruges, astonished and silent, we try to rein in our excitement. Bruges is a medieval city perfectly preserved, a sprawling metropolis once of world significance, and yet today almost unaltered...
CHOCFUL OF SURPRISES BRUGES COMES IN FOR A BIT OF A RIBBING IN THE BLACK COMEDY OF THE SAME NAME, BUT, FINDS ALAN TAYLOR, THE CITY HAS UNEXPECTED DELIGHTS WAY BEYOND THE CARICATURE
Newspaper article from: The Sunday Herald; 5/25/2008; ; 700+ words ; THE movie In Bruges, as you might guess from its no-flannel...priest, they find themselves . . . in Bruges. Ken, a man with a cultural hinterland...wilder stag weekends, takes one look at Bruges and wants out, now, immediately, pronto...
Discreet charm of Bruges; Euro weekend.
Newspaper article from: Sunday Mercury (Birmingham, England); 10/29/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...the increasingly well-travelled Brit. Bruges, on the other hand, is made for the...only dream of. One of the plus points of Bruges is its compactness. You can stroll through...of the most popular ways to travel to Bruges, the Sea France ferry service between...
If you go to Bruges, Belgium ...(The Seattle Times)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 3/18/2002; ; 700+ words ; Bruges will be more crowded than usual this year...000 residents in the historical center, Bruges draws more than 3 million visitors annually...them Europeans who come on day trips. But Bruges has enough museums, historical sites...
BRUGES; DREAMY: The canal at Rozenhoedkaai, with old Bruges in the background.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 11/2/2008; 700+ words ; ...DAVIES THE beautiful, compact city of Bruges - recently cast in a full supporting role in the movie In Bruges - is a medieval masterpiece just across...backdrop when Hollywood moves in. Not Bruges. The Belgian city - 50minutes by train...
From Memling to Pourbus: the forgotten period. (Bruges, Belgium)
Magazine article from: Contemporary Review; 10/1/1998; ; 700+ words ; ...time is the fifteenth century, the place Bruges: a bustling metropolis, the meeting...patrimony. Yet at the end of the century Bruges suffered serious political, social and...decline after 1500 is far from accurate. Bruges remained a city of European stature despite...