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Flemish and response
This reform was a response to the Flemish demand for cultural autonomy.
In response to the election results the Flemish ministers Mieke Vogels and Vera Dua stepped down.

Flemish and consisted
Guy Verhofstadt second Government consisted of his liberal Open VLD their sister liberal MR, the Flemish social democratic SP. a and their sister social democratic party PS to form another Purple coalition.
The Flemish presence, reputed to result from floods in the Low Countries, was more likely to have consisted initially of Flemish mercenaries originally in the invading army of William the Conqueror, who in reward for their part in William's victory were granted lands in parts of Northern Britain, and in Wales in the Gower, and Geraldus Cambrensis recorded their presence in the Hundred of Roose in Pembrokeshire.
The cabinet further consisted of the liberal Flemish Liberals and Democrats ( VLD ) and Reformist Movement ( MR ) and the socialist Different Socialist Party ( SP. A ) and Parti Socialiste ( PS ).
The biggest difference from the French and other feudal armies was that the Flemish force consisted almost solely of infantry with only the leaders mounted, more to express their leadership than for combat.
The city council of Amsterdam consisted out of people with all kinds of backgrounds: Dutch, German, Flemish, French, Scottish.

Flemish and two
The EFA supplied ten members: two of the Scottish SNP, two of the Welsh Plaid Cymru ( PC ), two of the Flemish VU, one of the Basque PNV, one of Basque Solidarity ( EA ), one of the Andalusian PA, and one of the Galician Nationalist Bloc ( BNG ).
In the late 20th century, Belgium became a federal state in which the Dutch-speaking part was given autonomy as the Flemish Community () and the Flemish Region (); these two entities were effectively merged, and Flanders now refers to the territory of the Flemish Community, which additionally has partial jurisdiction over Brussels.
* the geographical area comprising the two westernmost provinces of the Flemish Region, West Flanders and East Flanders, parts of a former county named Flanders.
Small bronze figures for collector's cabinets, often mythological subjects with nudes, were a popular Renaissance form at which Giambologna, originally Flemish but based in Florence, excelled in the later part of the century, also creating life-size sculptures, of which two joined the collection in the Piazza della Signoria.
In the federal ( bicameral ) kingdom of Belgium, there is a curious asymmetrical constellation serving as directly elected legislatures for three " territorial " regions — Flanders ( Dutch ), Brussels ( bilingual, certain peculiarities of competence, also the only region not comprising any of the 10 provinces ) and Wallonia ( French )— and three cultural communities — Flemish ( Dutch, competent in Flanders and for the Dutch-speaking inhabitants of Brussels ), Francophone ( French, for Wallonia and for Francophones in Brussels ) and German ( for speakers of that language in a few designated municipalities in the east of the Walloon Region, living alongside Francophones but under two different regimes )
Stephen formed an army to retake it, but the frictions between his Flemish mercenary forces led by William of Ypres and the local Norman barons resulted in a battle between the two halves of his army.
* Simon Stevin, a Flemish mathematician, demonstrates that two objects of different weight fall with the same speed.
He saw Roderic de Lalanne, a Flemish knight arrive with two little ships and 60 German soldiers and meet James IV and talk to Warbeck.
While the region is predominantly French-speaking, it also has two significant minority language communities: the western Flemings, whose presence is evident in the many Dutch placenames in the area and who speak West Flemish, a dialect of Dutch ( perhaps 20, 000 inhabitants of Nord-Pas-de-Calais use Flemish daily and an estimated 40, 000 use it occasionally, both, primarily in and around the arrondissement of Dunkirk ); and the Picards, who speak the Picard language, or Ch ' ti ( speakers, " chitimi ", have been working to revive the nearly-extinct regional speech since the 1980s ).
Flemish Brabant was created in 1995 by the splitting of the former province of Brabant into three parts: two new provinces, Flemish Brabant and Walloon Brabant ; and the Brussels-Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province.
As in all Flemish provinces, the official language is Dutch, but two municipalities, Herstappe and Voeren, are to a certain extent allowed to use French to communicate with their citizens.
There was little enthusiasm for it outside Burgundy-the French naturally detested this union between their two enemies, whilst the English merchants, who still suffered from restrictions on the sale of their cloth in England, showed their disapproval by attacking Dutch and Flemish merchants amongst them.
Béthune, first of the Flemish cities to yield, was granted to Mahaut, Countess of Artois, whose two daughters, to secure her fidelity, were married to Philip's two sons.
Walloon Brabant was created in 1995 when the former Province of Brabant was split into three parts: two new provinces, Walloon Brabant and Flemish Brabant ; and the Brussels Capital Region, which no longer belongs to any province.
Stephen formed an army to retake it, but the frictions between his Flemish mercenary forces led by William of Ypres and the local Norman barons resulted in a battle between the two halves of his army.
Besides Nieuwpoort proper, two small villages in the Flemish polders are part of the municipality, Sint-Joris and Ramskapelle, Nieuwpoort.
1520 ), three 17th-century Flemish harpsichords ( two by Andreas Ruckers ), 17th-and 18th-century English, German, Portuguese, and French harpsichords, and German and Swedish clavichords.
The People's Union separated into two parties, the social liberal Spirit and the centre-right New-Flemish Alliance ( N-VA ), which formed a cartel with the Christian Democratic and Flemish ( CD & V ) party.

Flemish and groups
In the Flemish north Dutch speaking / rapping groups like't Hof van Commerce, Krapoel In Axe, St Andries MC's, and ABN were popular, rapping in their regional dialects.
The language groups are: French community ( though not Walloon but generally named Wallonia-Brussels, see especially the international plan and from 1 January 2009 ) Flemish community ( which uses Dutch ), and German-speaking community.
The militant wing also still comprises several moderate groups such as the New Flemish Alliance ( N-VA, Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie ), and several extra-parliamentary organisations, many of which are represented in the Overlegcentrum van Vlaamse Verenigingen ( OVV, Consultation Centre of Flemish Associations ).
Throughout the war numerous, Flemish and Dutch supporters of the movement believed that, to realize the reunification of Flanders with the Netherlands, it would be necessary to collaborate with the Germans ( although some pan-Dutch groups such as Nederland Één!
These three groups still dominate Flemish politics, but they have evolved substantially in character.
Belgians are made up of two main linguistic and ethnic groups ; the Dutch-speaking Flemish and the French-speaking Walloons, as well as a third tiny but constitutionally recognized group from two small German-speaking areas.
After 1945, the " life rune " continued to be used by various neo-Nazi or white nationalist groups including the US National Alliance, and the Flemish nationalist Voorpost.
from Brundage The first groups to depart on the Second Crusade were Anglo-Norman and Flemish sailors and troops who left Dartmouth on May 19, 1147 bound for Spain.
Many Haarlem Mennonites were Flemish immigrants from Menen, in Belgium, who came for the linen trade, but there was also a large group who came from Friesland, and friction between these groups was common.
The party attempted to gain international contacts, and during the 1970s took part in annual international neo-Nazi rallies at Diksmuide, alongside such groups as the Order of Flemish militants and the United Kingdom – based League of Saint George.
The French and Flemish Christian Democratic Party candidates lost 21 seats overall, while the two Belgian Socialist parties gained 3 seats, giving the two groups each 61 seats.
French, Dutch and Flemish animalier artists such as Jean-Baptiste Oudry and Jan Weenix were often commissioned to paint sets of overdoors with groups of live or dead game and dogs for country houses or hunting lodges.

Flemish and one
In all the talk of feudal rights, the knights and bishops must never forget the woolworkers, nor was it easy to do so, for all along the road to Italy they passed the Florentine pack trains going home with their loads of raw wool from England and rough Flemish cloth, the former to be spun and woven by the Arte Della Lana and the latter to be refined and dyed by the Arte Della Calimala with the pigment recently discovered in Asia Minor by one of their members, Bernardo Rucellai, the secret of which they jealously kept for themselves.
On the other wing the French at last routed the Flemish cavalry and captured Ferrand, Count of Flanders, one of the leaders of the coalition.
West Flemish is spoken by around 1. 05 million people in West Flanders ( in Belgium ), 90, 000 in the neighbouring Dutch coastal district of Zeelandic Flanders, and approximately 20, 000 in the northern part of the French département of Nord where it is classified, as a recognized dialect of Dutch, as one of the languages of France.
In most present-day contexts however, in general the term Flanders is taken to refer to either the political, social, cultural, and linguistic community ( and the corresponding official institution, the Flemish Community ), or the geographical area, one of the three institutional regions in Belgium, namely the Flemish Region.
He has been depicted in various artworks, including Rubens ' painting " St Francis Xavier raising the dead ", which the Flemish master painted for a Jesuit church in Antwerp, and in which he depicted one of St Francis ' many alleged miracles ( in this case a resurrection ).
As a better means of evaluating Urban's true motivations in calling for a crusade to the Holy Lands, there are four extant letters written by Pope Urban II himself: one to the Flemish ( dated December 1095 ); one to the Bolognese ( dated September 1096 ); one to Vallombrosa ( dated October 1096 ); and one to the counts of Catalonia ( dated either 1089 or 1096 – 1099 ).
Andreas Vesalius ( 31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564 ) was a Flemish anatomist, physician, and author of one of the most influential books on human anatomy, De humani corporis fabrica ( On the Structure of the Human Body ).
On the whole though, Flemish trade became a passive one.
Jan van Eyck ( or Johannes de Eyck ) (; before c. 1395 – before c. 9 July 1441 ) was a Flemish painter active in Bruges and is generally considered one of the most significant Northern European painters of the 15th century.
Until 1830, the Dutch and Flemish were generally seen as one people.
Belgium is a federalized country which geographically consists of three regions, of which only Flanders ( the Flemish region ) and Wallonia are subdivided into five provinces each ; the Brussels Capital Region is neither a province nor is it part of one.
Flemish Brabant ( Dutch Vlaams-Brabant, French Brabant flamand ) is a province of Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium.
As the largest and one of the oldest Flemish cities in the immediate vicinity of Leuven, with a large palate of cafés, restaurants, cultural institutions and shopping neighbourhoods, the city also attracts people from nearby cities and villages.
The castle of Corroy-le-Château, one of the best conserved castles of this period in Northern Europe was bought by a Flemish artist Wim Delvoye for EUR 3. 3 million.
The cuisine of Dunkirk is closely related to Flemish cuisine, perhaps one of the best known dishes is Coq à la bière, which is chicken in a creamy beer sauce.
The result was the album Ne me quitte pas ( Don't leave me ), which contained the title track, " Marieke ", " Les Flamandes " ( Flemish women ), " Quand on a que l ’ amour " ( When you only have love ), " Les biches " ( The does ), " Le moribond " ( The dying one ), " La valse à mille temps " ( The waltz a thousand times as fast ), and " Je ne sais pas " ( I don't know ).
The Charles Benbow House, one of the earliest surviving structures in the District, is a two-story Flemish bond brick home of traditional Quaker plan with eclectic vernacular detailing, including Georgian, Federal and Greek Revival elements.

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