The Glory Of Belgium
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I have attempted to give a sketch of some of the relics of medival Belgium, the wonderful Gothic churches and civic buildings that were to be seen before the present war. Although I have everywhere spoken of thse monuments of old Flanders as still extant, unhappily in some cases the past tense will have to be substituted for the present. What remains unimpaired by the hand of time to-day may suffer destruction from the ruthless hands of the invading foe to-morrow. War always leaves its mark on a country, for, while time heals many of its wounds, the scars that it inflicts on old churches and other ancient buildings never can be healed. Egypt, Greece, Italy, Gad-what storied country is there that has not felt the devastating breath of war Reformers, Roundheads, Industrial Revolutionaries have between them wrought havoc on the antique towers and veteran battlements of Britain. The architecture and the pictures, the poetry and the prose that illustrate the progress of Modern Belgium, much of it admirable as defining the Belgian nationality, are outside the scope of this book. Her mediaeval relics constitute the real glory of Belgium. But Flemish art is so much the outcome of the commercial life of the country as to postulate a certain. knowledgc of the history of Flanders-this I have tried to sulyly, besides describing the old churches, palaces, town halls, and belfries, and a few of the pictures, devoting attention chiefly to the early masters, the Van Eycks, Memlince and their school. In the writing of this sketch I have been greatly indebted to the help and advice of my friend Mr. Thorns Seccornbe. A nation of varied races-United by her arts and industries-- Early history-Charlernagne-The freedom of the towns -The Burgundian rule-Unda thc Holy Roman Empire -The spread of Protestantism-The Duke of Alq-His reign of terror-Later history-The German scourge of a brave nation . . BRUGES A beautiful town-In the Middle Ages- Iron Hand-Bruges at the zenith of its glory-Und
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