Cram, Ralph Adams, 1863-1942 · New York, Scribner's · leaf 78
y elevenmonths. The French sacked Courtrai and went home,whereupon Ghent again took heart of hope, and,aided by Henry Spencer, Bishop of Norwich,with 3,000 men, defied Louis and laid siege toYpres, which was relieved by the returningFrench, and a truce was finally signed at Calais. It was the end… … FLANDERS AND BRABANT 51 pendence was wiped out by a king who had foundin Flanders the proof that this cannot co-existwith a strong and centralised monarchy. Already industrial decline had set in; thecountry had been harried by French armies andby civil wars, many had gone overseas to Eng-land to…
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