- A
- Abbey Church of Parc, 193
- Adelaide, Duchess, supports the Blankarden, 59
- Adhilck, Lord of Hesbaye, changes his name to Bavo, 4;
- becomes patron of Ghent as Saint Bavo, 5
- Aerschot, Parish Church of, 306
- Alost, Church of Our Lady and Saint Martin at, 309
- Anderlecht, Saint Guy of, 35-39
- Andernach, Duke Giselbert surprised at, and drowned, 14, 15
- Anne of Linange, wife of Sweder van Apcoude, 112;
- she surrenders Gaesbeke Castle, 117
- Ansfried, Count of Louvain, influence of Bruno on, 18
- Anthony, Regent of Brabant, 122
- Antwerp Cathedral, 209, 213
- Antwerp, heresy in, 230;
- canons of, ask the aid of Saint Norbert, 231
- Arnon, Abbot of Elnone, 172
- Arnulph I. heads a German army against Norsemen, 10;
- names his son Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia, 13
- B
- Bavo, Saint, converted by Saint-Amand, 4;
- becomes patron of Ghent, 5
- Beguines and Beghards, 233 et seq.
- Beyaert, Jan, his fine carving, 325;
- Blankarden, family of the, their rivalry to the Coelveren, 58 et seq.
- Bloemardine, a famous Brussels mystic, 241, 245, 246
- Boudts, Dierick, a famous painter, 330, 339-342
- Brabant, origin of place names in, 1, 2;
- early inhabitants of, 2;
- Danes' first visit to, 8;
- their conduct, 9;
- making of duchy of, 22-30;
- municipal organisation of towns of, 47 et seq.
- Braine-le-Comte, surrender of, 164
- Brethren of the Common Life, the, 250;
- Brigitine Nuns, Chapel of, 372
- Brogne, Abbey of, origin of, 23
- Bruno, Saint, receives ducal crown, 17;
- his influence, 18;
- banishes Régnier of Hainault, 19;
- his death, 19
- Brussels, etymology of name, 1;
- its rise, 31 et seq.;
- hostility of patricians and plebeians in, 96;
- Winceslaus' conduct towards, 97;
- riots in, 98, 99;
- election of magistrates at, 103;
- articles manufactured at, 105;
- Flemish invasion of, 107;
- Flemings driven out, 109;
- public buildings of, 257 et seq.
- Butkins quoted, 107
- C
- Calstere, Alderman Vanden, 89;
- murders Vander Leyden, 91;
- his cruel treatment of Van Grave, 93
- Cathedral of Saint Lambert rifled and burnt by Danes, 9
- Cathedral School of Liége, 174
- Celites, the, their work, 238
- Charlemagne, progress of Art under, 171
- Charles of France claims his mother's dowry, 19;
- duchy conferred on him by Otho II., 20;
- death of, 21
- Charles the Bold, pavilion made in Brussels for his wedding, 223
- Charles the Fat summoned from Italy, 10
- Chastelain quoted, 126, 225
- Cluny, effect of discipline of, 26, 27.
- Cluting, Amman of Brussels, divested of his office, 143;
- restored to office, 145;
- his plot to seize the city, 151;
- imprisoned, 152;
- executed, 154
- Cobham, Eleanor, rival of Jacqueline, accompanies Gloucester to Hainault, 166, 167;
- Coelveren, family of the, rivals of the Blankardens, 58 et seq.
- College of Aldermen, 47 et seq., 89, 90
- Conrad the Red, his character, 15
- Consecrated wafers, legend regarding theft of, 244
- Constance, Fathers of, elect Pope Martin V., 129
- Cooman, Hendrick, architect, 279
- Corneille, his brief career and cruel death, 286, 287
- Coudenberg, Franz, canon of Saint Gudule's, 246;
- Council of Jurors, 47 et seq., 89, 90.
- Coutherele, Peter, Mayor of Louvain, 68;
- triumph of democracy due to him, 68;
- his quarrel with the magistracy, 70;
- opposition to the patricians, 72-75;
- his fall and flight, 81-83;
- in Holland, 84;
- his death, 85
- Crom Cruys, 117, 299-301
- Crypt of Saint Guy at Anderlecht, 183
- Cuyck, Henri de, his marriage, 79;
- intercedes with Winceslaus for Peter Coutherele, 85
- D
- Dancers, the, cause massacre of Jews, 242
- Danes first visit Brabant, 8;
- they destroy churches and murder monks, 9
- Delft, Treaty of, Jacqueline acknowledges Philip as Regent by, 169
- Domlinus, a hermit, legend of, 5
- Duchess Jeanne negotiates with Coutherele, 75;
- submits report to conference in Saint Gertrude's Abbey, 87, 88;
- a widow and in debt, 112;
- visits Town Hall on hearing of attack on T'Serclaes, 113, 114;
- French in sympathies, 120;
- visits Paris, 122;
- her death, 126
- Duke John I. proclaimed heir to Duchy of Brabant, 59;
- held in confidence and esteem, 60
- Duke John II., riot during his absence, 63;
- authorises magistrates to use any means they think fit to crush outbreaks, 66;
- grants discretionary power to College of Aldermen, 67
- Duke John III. appoints Coutherele mayor, 69;
- Duke John IV., scion of the house of Bourgogne, 119;
- marries Jacqueline, 130;
- cedes part of his wife's domains to John the Pitiless, 131;
- his feebleness, 132;
- a noteworthy day in his life, 134;
- Marguerite of Burgundy remonstrates with him, 137;
- summons Estates of Brabant to meet at Brussels, 138;
- delays to arbitrate between the Heetveldes and Vanderstraetens, 139;
- flees to Bois-le-Duc, 141;
- appears before Brussels at the head of an army of Germans, 145;
- enters Brussels, 149;
- conduct of his German knights, 150;
- citizens fetter and place knights in gaol, 152;
- his friends form a secret league for his defence, 157;
- the Estates recall him, 160;
- Mons besieged by, 165;
- his death, 169
- Dynter, Edmund De, quoted, 70, 72, 73, 130, 133, 146, 154, 158, 164
- E
- Elizabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg, marries John the Pitiless, 131
- Englebert de la Mark, Bishop of Liége, 107
- English surrender at Braine-le-Comte, strange delusion which led to, 164, 165
- Estates of Brabant summoned to meet at Brussels, 138;
- support Jacqueline, 142;
- recall Duke John, 160
- Eyck, Jan van, 263, 267
- F
- Feudal system rises on ruins of Imperialism, 12
- Flagellants, the, 242
- Flemings driven from Brussels, 109
- Francon, Bishop, flees from Danes, 9;
- G
- Gaesbeke, Castle of, 112, 113;
- siege of, 115;
- capitulation of, 117
- Genappe, Castle of, as a refuge for the Jews, 242
- Georgius, an Italian mechanician, 172
- Gerard, first Abbot of Brogne, 23;
- the secret of his success, 24, 25
- Gerard of Vorsselaer, offers his services to the patricians of Louvain, 74;
- offers the same at Brussels, 97, 98
- Gerberge, daughter of Henry I., 14, 19
- Gertrude, daughter of Pepin of Landen, foundress of Abbey of Nivelles, 6, 188
- Gertruidenberg besieged and burnt, 143
- Gheel, Church of Saint Dymphna at, 306
- Ghent, Cathedral of, 215-218;
- Giselbert, Count, how his fortune was made, 13
- Giselbert, Duke, succeeds his father, 14;
- his character and death, 14, 15
- Godfrey Longbeard, Duke, lays foundation stone of Notre-Dame de la Chapelle, 181;
- founds Abbeys of Tongerloo and Parc, 232
- Godfrey of Verdun, his message to his wife, 18
- Godfrey the Hunchback, his character, 27
- Gorcum, Treaty of, 136
- Grand Béguinage at Louvain, 235, 236
- Grave, Myn Here Van, cruel treatment of, 93
- Groenendael, community founded at, 247
- Groote, Geert, disciple of Ruysbroek, 249;
- Gudule, Saint, legends relating to her life, 270, 273
- Guild Halls in Grand' Place at Brussels, 257, 372
- Guy, Saint, of Anderlecht, 35;
- H
- Hadewych, Sister, a writer of glowing prose and frenzied verse, 240
- Hal, Church of Our Lady and Saint Martin at, 260, 310, 313
- Halene, slain by her father for embracing Christianity, 6
- Hanneman, Jan, a rich cloth merchant of Louvain, 79;
- sent to Germany to raise money, 80;
- disappears, 83
- Heetvelde, house of, 138;
- their quarrel with the Vanderstraetens, 139
- Heinsberg, his plot with Cluting, 151;
- captured and imprisoned, 152;
- released, 160
- Hellebeke, Jan Van, Commander-in-chief at Gaesbeke Castle, 114;
- his life spared on surrender, 117
- Henry I., Emperor, gives his daughter to Giselbert, 14
- Henry IV., Emperor, his policy, 28, 29
- Henry of Limburg refuses to acknowledge Henry V., 29
- Herengolys, Peter, Mayor of Louvain, 79;
- flees to Asten, 81;
- disappears, 83;
- captured and executed, 84
- Heusden surrendered, 142
- Heverlé, Castle of, 83
- Hinckaert, Jan, canon of Saint Gudule's, 246
- Holy Trinity, College of the, at Louvain, 372
- Hommes de Sainte Gertrude, 188, 189
- Hubert, Saint, Bishop of Liége, conversion of Brabant due to his zeal, 4
- Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester,
- marries Jacqueline, 163;
- marries Eleanor Cobham, 168
- J
- Jacqueline, her birth, 125;
- forced to marry Duke John of Brabant, 127;
- part of her domains ceded by him, 131;
- disagreement with her husband, 132;
- rates him for two hours at Tervueren, 134;
- flees from Court, 137;
- enters Brussels in triumph, 141;
- captures Heusden and Gertruidenberg, 143;
- appeals to the Pope to dissolve her marriage with John and marries Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester, 163;
- her letter to Humphrey, 165, 166;
- surrenders at Mons, 167;
- her escape, 167, 168;
- secretly marries Franche de Borselle, 170;
- dies of consumption, 170
- Jean sans Peur, his characteristics, 125
- Jews, outbreaks against, 241;
- the Dancers cause massacre of, 242
- John of Arkel puts Louvain under interdict 84
- John of Louvain, theft of consecrated wafers by, 243
- John the Pitiless, in sub-deacon's orders at seventeen, 128;
- his oppression and cruelty, 129;
- resigns his See and marries, 131;
- demands fresh concessions, 136;
- Estates oppose him, 142;
- dies by poisoning, 162
- Jonathan of Enghien, a Hebrew fanatic, 243
- Jury, origin of the, 48
- K
- Kegel, Alderman, 145, 146;
- escapes from Brussels, 153
- Kelderman, Jan, designer of Tower of Saint Rombold, 197
- Keldermans, the, a remarkable family, 197-201, 205, 208
- L
- Lambert Balderick, real founder of Louvain, 41;
- builds and endows Saint Peter's, Louvain, 42
- Lambert Longbeard, Count of Louvain, 41
- Lambert Long Col claims Duchy of Lotharingia, 21
- Léau, Saint Leonard's Church at, 306
- Leyden, Wouter Vander, heads rioters, 88;
- chosen as a city captain, 89;
- murdered, 91
- Liége, diocese of, 9
- Lierre, old church at, 305
- Lierre, Town Hall of, bell taken from Braine, hung in, 165
- Lignages, or clans, 50, 51
- Long Col, house of, 13-21
- Lotharingia, monastic domains of,
- in lay hands, 12;
- invaded by Charles of France, 19
- Louis of Maele. 71, 107, 120
- Louvain, old Bourg of, 41;
- Lambert Balderick, real founder of, 41;
- grant of charter from Winceslaus, 76;
- revolution of 1360 at, 95;
- Church of Saint Peter at, 289
- Low Country, features of, and trade in, 31-34
- M
- Maeseyck, illuminated copy of the Gospels in old church at, 173
- Maison du Roi, La, 202
- Marguerite of Maele, a rich young widow, 119, 120, 125
- Marsdale, Jan van, sculptor, 197
- Martin V., Pope, his letters to Duke John, 130
- Marvis, Bishop Walter de, a great church-builder, 193
- Matthew de Layens, builder of Louvain Town Hall, 318-324
- Mechlin, architecture of, 302
- Mechlin Cathedral, 301
- Merchants' Guild, 47, 48, 89, 90
- Metsys, Quentin, a famous painter, 330, 347, 350
- Mons, siege of, 165
- Monstrelet quoted, 133
- Montenaeken, battle of, called 'Saint Lambert's triumph,' 277
MuncipalMunicipal organisation of towns in
Brabant, 47 et seq.
- N
- Nivelles, Abbey of, founded by Saint Gertrude, 6
- Nivelles, specimen of Romanesque architecture at, 188;
- commerce of, 189;
- features of, 190;
- the old Minster, 190-192
- Norbert, Saint, of Laon invited to Antwerp, 231;
- founds Premonstratensian Order, 232
- Notre-Dame au-delà de la Dyle, Church of, 201, 268
- Notre-Dame de la Chapelle, 181, 260, 264
- Notre-Dame du Lac at Thienhoven, 305
- Notre-Dame du Sablon, 260
- O
- Orley, Bernard van, a famous painter, 206, 207, 330, 350, 357
- Otbert of Liége, his support of the Emperor, 28
-
OrthéeOthée, battle at,
129
- Otho, Emperor, 14, 15;
- governs Lotharingia by means of the Church, 16, 17;
- gives ducal crown to Saint Bruno, 17;
- his death, 19
- Otho II., his policy, 20
- Our Lady of Deliverance, Chapel of, 372
- Our Lady of Hanswyck, Church of, at Mechlin, 372
- P
- Parc, Abbey of, 232
- Peace of 1378, or Great Charter, 87
- 'Petermen,' their privileges, 42, 44;
- Peter the Hermit, draws many recruits from Brabant, 226
- Philip of Valois, his marriage, 120;
- induces Duchess Jeanne to abdicate, 122;
- his death, 125
- Philippe de Commines quoted, 220, 223
- Philippe l'Asseuré, condition of towns of Brabant in days of, 225
- Pierre de Clermont, Bishop of Cambrai, 247
- Pirenne, M., quoted, 17, 50, 167, 230, 238
- Platvoet, Jan, his cruel murder, 92
- Portman, Hendrick, chosen a city captain, 89
- Premonstratensian Order founded, 232
- R
- Rastatt, Treaty of, effect of, 373
- Régnier au Long Col, ancestor of Sovereigns of Brabant, 13;
- virtual ruler of Lotharingia, 14
- Régnier III. of Hainault, 15;
- his hatred of Saint Bruno, 18, 19;
- banished by Saint Bruno, 19;
- his children befriended by French king, 19
- Reynold, Lord of Schoonvorst, a trusted adviser of his Sovereign, 72
- Rogge, Gedulphe, devoted adherent of Peter Coutherele, 79
- Rolfe the Ganger routed at Louvain, 8
- Rombold, Saint, preaching in Brabant, becomes a martyr, 5, 6
- Rotslaere appointed treasurer of Brabant, 133
- Rubens, altar-piece by, in Saint Jacques' at Antwerp, 196
- Ruotger quoted, 18
- Ruysbroek, Jan van, a mystic of Brussels, 241, 245, 246;
- S
- Saint-Amand, effect of his preaching, 4
- Saint Anne, Chapel of, 372
- Saint Bavo, Church of, 215
- Saint Catherine, Parish Church of, at Brussels, 243-245
- Sainte Chapelle des Miracles, 208
- Saint Gertrude's Abbey, conference at, 88
- Saint Hubert's Chapel at Tervueren, 4
- Saint Jacques, Church of, at Louvain, 192, 193
- Saint Jacques, Parish Church of, at Antwerp, 196
- Saint Jacques sur Coudenberg, church of the Court, 177
- Saint Michael and Saint Gudule, Church of, 182, 270 et seq.
- Saint Nicholas, Church of, 175
- Saint Peter and Saint Guy, Church of, at Anderlecht, 35
- Saint Peter, Church of, at Mechlin, 372
- Saint Peter's, Louvain, 42-46, 289 et seq.
- Saint-Pierre de Louvain, 289 et seq.
- Saint-Pol, Philip of, enters Brussels with Jacqueline, 141;
- Saint Rombold, Tower of, at Mechlin, 197
- Schaeys, M., quoted, 184
- Sedulius, an Irish scholar, 172
- Sieger, head of house of Heetvelde, murdered, 139
- Stalle, Jean van, Dean of Church of Saint Mary at Hal, 113
- Steen of Antwerp, 208, 209
- Steenporte, attack on, 98
- Sweder van Apcoude, his succession disputed, 111;
- his escape, 114;
- reinstated, 117
- Swertere, Alderman Jan De, a patrician who favoured the people, 80;
- assisted to retaliate by the plebeians, 93
- T
- Taine quoted, 7
- Tanchelm, claims to be a prophet, 229;
- Tervueren, Saint Hubert's Chapel at, 4
- Tetdon, Bishop, quoted, 23
- Thienhoven, or Tirlemont, churches at, 305
- Thierry, Bishop of Liége, killed at
OrthéeOthée,
129
- Thomas à Kempis, educated by Brethren of the Common Life, 251;
- Tongerloo, Abbey of, 232
- Tournai, Cathedral of, 191, 193, 194
- Tour Noire, la, 182, 183
- Town Hall of Brussels, the, 313
- Town Hall of Louvain, the, 318
- T'Serclaes, Everard, his birth, 106;
- drives Flemings out of Brussels, 107-109;
- the 'Saviour of Brussels,' 110;
- attacked and mutilated, 113;
- his death, 115
- T'Serclaes, Jan, chosen to succeed his uncle Everard in the College of Aldermen, 115
- V
- Vandenberghe, Treasurer, exiled, 132;
- Vandenberg, Jan, architect, 279
- Van der Goes, Hugo, a famous painter, 330, 342-347
- Vanderstraetens, the, their quarrel with the Heetveldes, 139, 140
- Van der Weyden, Roger, a famous painter, 263, 267, 330, 333-338
- Vander Zype, Gerard, in the tribune of proclamation, 158;
- his marriage, 159;
- appointed chief steward, 161;
- his murder, 162
- Vilvorde, combat at, 65
- Vorst, Plysis van, first architect of his day, 291-294
- W
- Waghemakere, Dominic de, an architect, 208, 209, 218
- Waghemakere, Herman de, works on Antwerp Cathedral, 205
- Wazon, Bishop, his loyalty to Otho, 17
- Wenzel, King of the Romans, 121
- White Canons, monasteries of the, 232
- 'White Hoods,' the, 89, 93
- William of Assche, Amman
of of Brussels,
132;
- imprisoned, 133;
- released, 135;
- escapes from Brussels, 153
- Winceslaus, Duke, 71;
- grants charter to Louvain, 76;
- his policy with Louvain, 78-85;
- grants new charter to Louvain, 89;
- his conduct towards Brussels, 97;
- at Maestricht, 107
- Windesheim, Monastery of, 251
- Z
- Zacites, or Brethren of the Sack, 240
- Zwentibold, son of Arnulph I., made king, 13,
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