Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1216

Flanders and the Anglo-Norman World, 1066-1216
Author: Eljas Oksanen
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 325
Release: 2012-09-13
Genre: History
ISBN: 0521760992

This book explores the relations and exchanges between Flanders and the Anglo-Norman realm following the union of England and Normandy in 1066.

Scotland and the Flemish People

Scotland and the Flemish People
Author: Alexander Fleming
Publisher: Birlinn Ltd
Total Pages: 339
Release: 2019-03-07
Genre: History
ISBN: 1788851463

The Flemish are among the most important if under-appreciated immigrant groups to have shaped the history of medieval and early modern Scotland. Originating in Flanders, Northern Europe's economic powerhouse (now roughly Belgium and the Netherlands), they came to Scotland as soldiers and settlers, traders and tradesmen, diplomats and dynasts, over a period of several centuries following the Norman Conquest of England in the eleventh century. Several of Scotland's major families – the Flemings, Murrays, Sutherlands, Lindsays and Douglases for instance– claim elite Flemish roots, while many other families arrived as craftsmen, mercenaries and religiously persecuted émigrés. Adaptable and creative people, Flemish immigrants not only adjusted to Scotland's very different environment, but left their profound mark on the country's economic, social and cultural development. From pantiles to golf, from place names to town planning, the evidence of Flemish influence is still readily traceable in Scotland today. This book examines the nature of Flemish settlement in Scotland, the development of economic, diplomatic and cultural links between Scotland and Flanders, and the lasting impact of the Flemish people on Scottish society and culture.

Dutch and Flemish Artists in Britain, 1550-1800

Dutch and Flemish Artists in Britain, 1550-1800
Author: Juliette Roding
Publisher:
Total Pages: 328
Release: 2003
Genre: Art, British
ISBN:

In January 2001 the Sir Thomas Browne Institute, the research centre for Anglo-Dutch cultural and intellectual relations at Leiden University (STBI), co-organized the international conference 'Dutch artists in Britain, 1550-1750', together with the Leiden centre for early Modern studies (LINT). Aim of the conference was to shed light on the largely uncharted area of the presence of Dutch artists in England and the works of art they produced. Many questions were raised and (party) answered, about the road to success for some, or the causes of failure for others, about the role of intermediairies and patrons and their attitude to Dutch art, about the way artists from the Low Countries adapted to the English market. Selection of the papers presented at the conference.

Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400

Flemish Textile Workers in England, 1331–1400
Author: Milan Pajic
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 351
Release: 2023-11-30
Genre: History
ISBN: 1108489206

The story of immigrant textile workers from Flanders and their contributions to the English textile industry.

THE FLEMISH

THE FLEMISH
Author: Dean Amory
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 313
Release: 2014-03-03
Genre: History
ISBN: 1291768084

The word ""Flemish"" refers to the people living in the North of Belgium and France and the South of the Netherlands. The Flemish, also called ""Flemings,"" are of Germanic (Frank) origin. When the Franks invaded what is now Belgium, they settled between the sea and the ""charcoal forest,"" a dense old-growth forest of beech and oak, which extended to the Rhine and formed a natural boundary during the Late Iron Age through Roman times into the Early Middle Ages. The county of Flanders was created 864 when the French king Charles the Bald granted it as a fief to his son-in-law Baldwin with the Iron Arm. Flanders was a part of France but distinguished itself from the rest of the country with its Germanic Flemish population and close economic ties to England. Unlike other French fiefs it was never returned to the French king's control, instead Flanders became a part of the duke of Burgundy's possessions in 1384, which would evolve into present day Belgium.