
The Story of Brussels
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Chapters (455)(click to expand)
- 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
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