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I. The Market-place and Belfry of Bruges—Early History 3
II. Baldwin Bras-de-fer—The Place Du Bourg—Murder Of Charles the Good 11
III. The BÉguinage—Churches—The Relic of The Holy Blood 23
IV. The Bruges Matins—Battle of the Golden Spurs 39
V. Damme—The Sea-fight at Sluis—Splendour Of Bruges in the Middle Ages— 49
VI. Bruges la Morte 63
VII. The Plain of West Flanders—Ypres 83
VIII. Furnes—The Procession of Penitents 109
IX. Nieuport—The Battle of the Dunes 119
X. The Coast of Flanders 129
XI. Coxyde—The Scenery of the Dunes 151
XII. Ghent 163
XIII. The Dukes of Brabant—The Joyeuse EntrÉe—End of the Sixteenth Century 175
XIV. The Bombardment of 1695—The Grande Place—Church of Ste. Gudule—Charles Of Lorraine 195
XV. Joseph II and the Revolution of Brabant 209
XVI. The Jacobins of Brussels—Visit of Napoleon—he Hundred Days 219
XVII. The Dutch Government—The Revolution of 1830 233
XVIII. The Vicissitudes of Antwerp 243
XIX. The Principality of LiÉge 273
XX. Early History of LiÉge—Bishop Notger—The Court of Peace 279
XXI. The Dukes of Burgundy—Destruction of LiÉge by Charles the Bold 295
XXII. The Wild Boar of Ardennes 313
XXIII. Érard de la Marck—The Principality in the Sixteenth Century 325
XXIV. The Chiroux and the Grignoux—The Tragic Banquet of WarfusÉe 339
XXV. The Gaming-tables at Spa—The French Revolution—Annexation of the Principality 353
XXVI. LiÉge and the Valley of the Meuse in Modern Times—Bouillon 363
Index 377

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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