AAbbey Church of Parc,193Adelaide, Duchess, supports the Blankarden,59Adhilck, Lord of Hesbaye, changes his name to Bavo,4;becomes patron of Ghent as Saint Bavo,5Aerschot, Parish Church of,306Alost, Church of Our Lady and Saint Martin at,309Anderlecht, Saint Guy of,35-39Andernach, Duke Giselbert surprised at, and drowned,14,15Anne of Linange, wife of Sweder van Apcoude,112;she surrenders Gaesbeke Castle,117Ansfried, Count of Louvain, influence of Bruno on,18Anthony, Regent of Brabant,122Antwerp Cathedral,209,213Antwerp, heresy in,230;canons of, ask the aid of Saint Norbert,231Arnon, Abbot of Elnone,172Arnulph I. heads a German army against Norsemen,10;names his son Zwentibold, King of Lotharingia,13BBavo, Saint, converted by Saint-Amand,4;becomes patron of Ghent,5Beguines and Beghards,233et seq.Beyaert, Jan, his fine carving,325;executed,329Blankarden, family of the, their rivalry to the Coelveren,58et seq.Bloemardine, a famous Brussels mystic,241,245,246Boudts, Dierick, a famous painter,330,339-342Brabant, 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,47et seq.Braine-le-Comte, surrender of,164Brethren of the Common Life, the,250;their famous pupils,251Brigitine Nuns, Chapel of,372Brogne, Abbey of, origin of,23Bruno, Saint, receives ducal crown,17;his influence,18;banishes Régnier of Hainault,19;his death,19Brussels, etymology of name,1;its rise,31et 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,257et seq.Butkins quoted,107CCalstere, Alderman Vanden,89;murders Vander Leyden,91;his cruel treatment of Van Grave,93Cathedral of Saint Lambert rifled and burnt by Danes,9Cathedral School of Liége,174Celites, the, their work,238Charlemagne, progress of Art under,171Charles of France claims his mother's dowry,19;duchy conferred on him by Otho II.,20;death of,21Charles the Bold, pavilion made in Brussels for his wedding,223Charles the Fat summoned from Italy,10Chastelain quoted,126,225Cluny, 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,154Cobham, Eleanor, rival of Jacqueline, accompanies Gloucester to Hainault,166,167;marries Gloucester,168Coelveren, family of the, rivals of the Blankardens,58et seq.College of Aldermen,47et seq.,89,90Conrad the Red, his character,15Consecrated wafers, legend regarding theft of,244Constance, Fathers of, elect Pope Martin V.,129Cooman, Hendrick, architect,279Corneille, his brief career and cruel death,286,287Coudenberg, Franz, canon of Saint Gudule's,246;founds a community,247Council of Jurors,47et 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,85Crom Cruys,117,299-301Crypt of Saint Guy at Anderlecht,183Cuyck, Henri de, his marriage,79;intercedes with Winceslaus for Peter Coutherele,85DDancers, the, cause massacre of Jews,242Danes first visit Brabant,8;they destroy churches and murder monks,9Delft, Treaty of, Jacqueline acknowledges Philip as Regent by,169Domlinus, a hermit, legend of,5Duchess 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,126Duke John I. proclaimed heir to Duchy of Brabant,59;held in confidence and esteem,60Duke 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,67Duke John III. appoints Coutherele mayor,69;his death,71Duke 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,169Dynter, Edmund De, quoted,70,72,73,130,133,146,154,158,164EElizabeth, Duchess of Luxembourg, marries John the Pitiless,131Englebert de la Mark, Bishop of Liége,107English surrender at Braine-le-Comte, strange delusion which led to,164,165Estates of Brabant summoned to meet at Brussels,138;support Jacqueline,142;recall Duke John,160Eyck, Jan van,263,267FFeudal system rises on ruins of Imperialism,12Flagellants, the,242Flemings driven from Brussels,109Francon, Bishop, flees from Danes,9;joins Arnulph's army,10GGaesbeke, Castle of,112,113;siege of,115;capitulation of,117Genappe, Castle of, as a refuge for the Jews,242Georgius, an Italian mechanician,172Gerard, first Abbot of Brogne,23;the secret of his success,24,25Gerard of Vorsselaer, offers his services to the patricians of Louvain,74;offers the same at Brussels,97,98Gerberge, daughter of Henry I.,14,19Gertrude, daughter of Pepin of Landen, foundress of Abbey of Nivelles,6,188Gertruidenberg besieged and burnt,143Gheel, Church of Saint Dymphna at,306Ghent, Cathedral of,215-218;Town Hall of,213-215Giselbert, Count, how his fortune was made,13Giselbert, Duke, succeeds his father,14;his character and death,14,15Godfrey Longbeard, Duke, lays foundation stone of Notre-Dame de la Chapelle,181;founds Abbeys of Tongerloo and Parc,232Godfrey of Verdun, his message to his wife,18Godfrey the Hunchback, his character,27Gorcum, Treaty of,136Grand Béguinage at Louvain,235,236Grave, Myn Here Van, cruel treatment of,93Groenendael, community founded at,247Groote, Geert, disciple of Ruysbroek,249;his preaching,250Gudule, Saint, legends relating to her life,270,273Guild Halls in Grand' Place at Brussels,257,372Guy, Saint, of Anderlecht,35;legends about him,35-39HHadewych, Sister, a writer of glowing prose and frenzied verse,240Hal, Church of Our Lady and Saint Martin at,260,310,313Halene, slain by her father for embracing Christianity,6Hanneman, Jan, a rich cloth merchant of Louvain,79;sent to Germany to raise money,80;disappears,83Heetvelde, house of,138;their quarrel with the Vanderstraetens,139Heinsberg, his plot with Cluting,151;captured and imprisoned,152;released,160Hellebeke, Jan Van, Commander-in-chief at Gaesbeke Castle,114;his life spared on surrender,117Henry I., Emperor, gives his daughter to Giselbert,14Henry IV., Emperor, his policy,28,29Henry of Limburg refuses to acknowledge Henry V.,29Herengolys, Peter, Mayor of Louvain,79;flees to Asten,81;disappears,83;captured and executed,84Heusden surrendered,142Heverlé, Castle of,83Hinckaert, Jan, canon of Saint Gudule's,246Holy Trinity, College of the, at Louvain,372Hommes de Sainte Gertrude,188,189Hubert, Saint, Bishop of Liége, conversion of Brabant due to his zeal,4Humphrey, Duke of Gloucester,marries Jacqueline,163;marries Eleanor Cobham,168JJacqueline, 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,170Jean sans Peur, his characteristics,125Jews, outbreaks against,241;the Dancers cause massacre of,242John of Arkel puts Louvain under interdict 84John of Louvain, theft of consecrated wafers by,243John 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,162Jonathan of Enghien, a Hebrew fanatic,243Jury, origin of the,48KKegel, Alderman,145,146;escapes from Brussels,153Kelderman, Jan, designer of Tower of Saint Rombold,197Keldermans, the, a remarkable family,197-201,205,208LLambert Balderick, real founder of Louvain,41;builds and endows Saint Peter's, Louvain,42Lambert Longbeard, Count of Louvain,41Lambert Long Col claims Duchy of Lotharingia,21Léau, Saint Leonard's Church at,306Leyden, Wouter Vander, heads rioters,88;chosen as a city captain,89;murdered,91Liége, diocese of,9Lierre, old church at,305Lierre, Town Hall of, bell taken from Braine, hung in,165Lignages, or clans,50,51Long Col, house of,13-21Lotharingia, monastic domains of,in lay hands,12;invaded by Charles of France,19Louis of Maele. 71,107,120Louvain, 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,289Low Country, features of, and trade in,31-34MMaeseyck, illuminated copy of the Gospels in old church at,173Maison du Roi, La,202Marguerite of Maele, a rich young widow,119,120,125Marsdale, Jan van, sculptor,197Martin V., Pope, his letters to Duke John,130Marvis, Bishop Walter de, a great church-builder,193Matthew de Layens, builder of Louvain Town Hall,318-324Mechlin, architecture of,302Mechlin Cathedral,301Merchants' Guild,47,48,89,90Metsys, Quentin, a famous painter,330,347,350Mons, siege of,165Monstrelet quoted,133Montenaeken, battle of, called 'Saint Lambert's triumph,' 277MuncipalMunicipalorganisation of towns in Brabant,47et seq.NNivelles, Abbey of, founded by Saint Gertrude,6Nivelles, specimen of Romanesque architecture at,188;commerce of,189;features of,190;the old Minster,190-192Norbert, Saint, of Laon invited to Antwerp,231;founds Premonstratensian Order,232Notre-Dame au-delà de la Dyle, Church of,201,268Notre-Dame de la Chapelle,181,260,264Notre-Dame du Lac at Thienhoven,305Notre-Dame du Sablon,260OOrley, Bernard van, a famous painter,206,207,330,350,357Otbert of Liége, his support of the Emperor,28OrthéeOthée, battle at,129Otho, Emperor,14,15;governs Lotharingia by means of the Church,16,17;gives ducal crown to Saint Bruno,17;his death,19Otho II., his policy,20Our Lady of Deliverance, Chapel of,372Our Lady of Hanswyck, Church of, at Mechlin,372PParc, Abbey of,232Peace of 1378, or Great Charter,87'Petermen,' their privileges,42,44;rich and powerful,95Peter the Hermit, draws many recruits from Brabant,226Philip of Valois, his marriage,120;induces Duchess Jeanne to abdicate,122;his death,125Philippe de Commines quoted,220,223Philippe l'Asseuré, condition of towns of Brabant in days of,225Pierre de Clermont, Bishop of Cambrai,247Pirenne, M., quoted,17,50,167,230,238Platvoet, Jan, his cruel murder,92Portman, Hendrick, chosen a city captain,89Premonstratensian Order founded,232RRastatt, Treaty of, effect of,373Régnier au Long Col, ancestor of Sovereigns of Brabant,13;virtual ruler of Lotharingia,14Régnier III. of Hainault,15;his hatred of Saint Bruno,18,19;banished by Saint Bruno,19;his children befriended by French king,19Reynold, Lord of Schoonvorst, a trusted adviser of his Sovereign,72Rogge, Gedulphe, devoted adherent of Peter Coutherele,79Rolfe the Ganger routed at Louvain,8Rombold, Saint, preaching in Brabant, becomes a martyr,5,6Rotslaere appointed treasurer of Brabant,133Rubens, altar-piece by, in Saint Jacques' at Antwerp,196Ruotger quoted,18Ruysbroek, Jan van, a mystic of Brussels,241,245,246;his writings,247,248;his death,249SSaint-Amand, effect of his preaching,4Saint Anne, Chapel of,372Saint Bavo, Church of,215Saint Catherine, Parish Church of, at Brussels,243-245Sainte Chapelle des Miracles,208Saint Gertrude's Abbey, conference at,88Saint Hubert's Chapel at Tervueren,4Saint Jacques, Church of, at Louvain,192,193Saint Jacques, Parish Church of, at Antwerp,196Saint Jacques sur Coudenberg, church of the Court,177Saint Michael and Saint Gudule, Church of,182,270et seq.Saint Nicholas, Church of,175Saint Peter and Saint Guy, Church of, at Anderlecht,35Saint Peter, Church of, at Mechlin,372Saint Peter's, Louvain,42-46,289et seq.Saint-Pierre de Louvain,289et seq.Saint-Pol, Philip of, enters Brussels with Jacqueline,141;goes to Louvain,149Saint Rombold, Tower of, at Mechlin,197Schaeys, M., quoted,184Sedulius, an Irish scholar,172Sieger, head of house of Heetvelde, murdered,139Stalle, Jean van, Dean of Church of Saint Mary at Hal,113Steen of Antwerp,208,209Steenporte, attack on,98Sweder van Apcoude, his succession disputed,111;his escape,114;reinstated,117Swertere, Alderman Jan De, a patrician who favoured the people,80;assisted to retaliate by the plebeians,93TTaine quoted,7Tanchelm, claims to be a prophet,229;stabbed at Antwerp,230Tervueren, Saint Hubert's Chapel at,4Tetdon, Bishop, quoted,23Thienhoven, or Tirlemont, churches at,305Thierry, Bishop of Liége, killed atOrthéeOthée,129Thomas à Kempis, educated by Brethren of the Common Life,251;quoted,255Tongerloo, Abbey of,232Tournai, Cathedral of,191,193,194Tour Noire, la,182,183Town Hall of Brussels, the,313Town Hall of Louvain, the,318T'Serclaes, Everard, his birth,106;drives Flemings out of Brussels,107-109;the 'Saviour of Brussels,' 110;attacked and mutilated,113;his death,115T'Serclaes, Jan, chosen to succeed his uncle Everard in the College of Aldermen,115VVandenberghe, Treasurer, exiled,132;murdered,133Vandenberg, Jan, architect,279Van der Goes, Hugo, a famous painter,330,342-347Vanderstraetens, the, their quarrel with the Heetveldes,139,140Van der Weyden, Roger, a famous painter,263,267,330,333-338Vander Zype, Gerard, in the tribune of proclamation,158;his marriage,159;appointed chief steward,161;his murder,162Vilvorde, combat at,65Vorst, Plysis van, first architect of his day,291-294WWaghemakere, Dominic de, an architect,208,209,218Waghemakere, Herman de, works on Antwerp Cathedral,205Wazon, Bishop, his loyalty to Otho,17Wenzel, King of the Romans,121White Canons, monasteries of the,232'White Hoods,' the,89,93William of Assche, Ammanofof Brussels,132;imprisoned,133;released,135;escapes from Brussels,153Winceslaus, 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,107Windesheim, Monastery of,251ZZacites, or Brethren of the Sack,240Zwentibold, son of Arnulph I., made king,13,death of,14.
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