• Namur, 191, 216, 239, 311, 245
• Nancy, 140
• Napoleon I, 275, 276, 277
• Napoleon III, 305, 306, 307, 308
• Nassau, 150
• Nassau, Frederick Henry of, 210
• Nassau, Louis of, 178, 181, 184, 185, 187
• Nassau, Maurice of, 204, 205, 209, 215
• Nassau, William of, see Orange
• National Congress, 287
• Navigation and harbours, 115, 120, 121, 209, 217, 276, 323,
  • 324
• Neerwinden, 239, 271
• Nény, Count de, 250
• Nervii, 40
• Neustria, 41
• Neutrality, 293, 299-314, 316
• Nieuport, 209, 216
• Nivardus, 99
• Nivelles, 90, 91
• Normans, 45, 50
• Notger, 54
• Nothomb, 297
• Noyon—
  • Bishopric, 38, 40
  • Treaty of, 150
• Nymegen, Treaty of, 238

• Ockeghem, Jean, 130
• Orange, House of, 200
• Orange, William of (the Silent), 175, 176, 181, 184-8, 190-5, 197, 200-3
• Orange, William III of England, 238, 239, 241
• Orange, William I of the Netherlands, 278, 281, 282, 283, 287, 288,
  • 289, 292, 296,322
• Ostend, 216, 217, 248, 249, 276
  • Company, 245, 246
  • Siege of, 209
• Otto, 54
• Oudenarde, 90, 124, 165, 180, 216, 238
  • Battle of, 241
• Party—
  • Catholic, 284, 285, 315, 317, 318, 319
  • Labour, 319
  • Liberal, 285, 315, 317, 318, 319
  • Liberal Catholic, 317

• Peter the Hermit, 89
• Philip the Bold, 104, 117, 132, 138
• Philip the Good, 105, 106, 110, 114, 115, 123, 126,
  • 131, 132, 139, 140, 145, 176, 280,
  • 302
• Philip I (the Handsome), 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 160,
  • 197, 207
• Philip II, 152, 157, 160, 161, 174, 175, 176,
  • 177, 178, 183, 184, 187, 188, 190,
  • 193, 200, 204, 205, 218, 254, 288
• Philip III, 209
• Philip IV, 209, 212, 236, 237
• Pichegru, 271
• Pieter Christus, 139
• Pillnitz, Declaration of, 268
• Placards, 171, 172, 176, 178, 189, 208
• Plessiz-lez-Tours, Treaty of, 200, 201
• Poelaert, 332
• Pol de Limburg, 138
• Population, 116, 121, 122, 123, 214, 246, 324
• Pragmatic Sanction, 159, 160, 246
• Prié, Marquis de, 252
• Printing, 128, 169
• Protestantism, 177, 179, 180, 201, 203, 207, 208, 219, 224, 260
• Pyrenees, Treaty of the, 236, 237

• Races, 35
• Radewyn, Florent, 128
• Ramillies, 241
• Rastadt, Treaty of, 242
• Ratisbon, Truce of, 239
• Récollets, 220, 227
• Reformation, 172, 173, 180, 181, 221
  • Counter, 222, 227
• Régner of Hainault, 55
• Régner, Long Neck, 53, 59
• Reichenbach, Convention of, 267
• Renaissance, 114, 130, 135, 164, 167, 221, 224,
  • 336, 339
• Renesse, René de, 210
• Requesens, Louis de Zuniga y, 187, 188, 190
• Revolution—
  • Brabançonne, 212, 252, 265, 274, 279
  • French, 256, 263-78
  • 1830, 286, 289, 331
• Richelieu, 210, 234, 235
• Richilda of Hainault, 62
• Risquons Tout, 305
• Robert the Frisian, 63
• Robert II, 64, 89
• Rogier, 305, 320
• Rolin, Chancellor, 131, 139
• Roman Conquest, 29
• Roman Culture, 31, 32
• Romanization, 42
• Roman Road, 31, 33
• Rubens, 139, 221, 222, 225, 228, 229, 333,
  • 334334
• Ruremonde, 210
• Ruysbroeck, Jean de, 124
• Ruysbroeck, Jan, 127
• Ryswyck, Peace of, 240

• St. Amand, 37, 38, 39
  • Schools 43,
  • Monastery of, 94
• St. Bartholomew, Massacre of, 185
• St. Eloi, 39
• St. Hubert, 39
• St. Lambert, 39
• St. Omer, 141, 216
• St. Quentin, 174
• St. Remacle, 39
• St. Ursula, 226
• Saxons, 33
• Scrap of Paper, see Treaty of XXIV Articles
• Sedan, 309
• Senlis, Nicolas de, 98
  • Peace of, 144, 146
• Silva Carbonaria, see Coal Wood
• Sluis, 163, 215
• Sluter, Claus, 137, 138
• Smits, Jacob, 325
• Spanish Fury, 189
• Spanish Succession, War of the, 241
• Spinola, Ambrose, 209, 210, 215
• States General, 146, 148, 152, 155, 156, 157, 160,
  • 182, 187, 188, 191, 197, 200, 201,
  • 208, 211, 212, 218, 265, 281
• Sustershuysen, 127
• Stevens, Joseph, 335

• Talleyrand, 294
• Teniers, 258, 335
• Térouanne, bishopric, 40
• Thierry, Bouts, see Bouts
• Thierry Maertens, 128, 169
• Thierry of Alsace, see Alsace
• Thierry of St. Trond, 94
• Thiois, 40, 41, 42, 95
• Thirty Years' War, 218, 231, 234
• Tongres, 332
  • Bishopric, 32, 38, 39, 44
• Tournai, 91, 92, 93, 97, 117, 138, 151,
  • 165, 201, 216, 238, 242, 247
  • Bishopric, 32, 38, 176
  • Frankish Capital, 33
  • Belfry, 75
  • Siege of, 86
  • Taking of, 149
• Tournaisis, 158
• Town Halls, 112, 113, 116, 124, 137, 332, 334
• Toxandria, 33
• Trade, 45, 63, 68, 69, 70, 74, 76,
  • 77, 78, 82, 83, 113, 115, 116,
  • 117, 120, 121, 146, 163, 164, 167,
  • 168, 185, 186, 192, 206, 209, 215,
  • 216, 218, 233, 245, 246, 249, 276,
  • 279, 283, 322, 223
• Trafalgar, Battle of, 276
• Transaction of Augsburg, 159
• Transport, 217, 320, 321
• Treaty of XVIII Articles, 291, 294
  • of XXIV Articles, 291, 295, 298, 301, 303, 307, 308
• Trèves, bishopric, 32
• Triple Alliance, 238, 264, 266
• Triplice, 310
• Turenne, 235