INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M

N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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; executed, 329

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; their famous pupils, 251

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; marries Gloucester, 168

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; founds a community, 247

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; his death, 71

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; joins Arnulph's army, 10

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; Town Hall of, 213-215

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; his preaching, 250

Gudule, Saint, legends relating to her life, 270, 273

Guild Halls in Grand' Place at Brussels, 257, 372

Guy, Saint, of Anderlecht, 35; legends about him, 35-39

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; rich and powerful, 95

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; his writings, 247, 248; his death, 249

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; goes to Louvain, 149

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; stabbed at Antwerp, 230

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; quoted, 255

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; murdered, 133

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, death of, 14.

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