Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from History of the People of the Netherlands, Vol. 1
The fusion of the Netherlands into one kingdom seemed accomplished. Flanders became the name of this new state in the languages of Europe, replacing the old collective name of Low Countries or Netherlands.
Venetian ambassadors and Florentine and Spanish writers speak of Flemish national character, customs, commer cial interests, and government. Brussels was to be the seat of the central administration, as formerly of the bril liant Burgundian court. But in reality, matters did not progress so far. The so-called provinces of the new state still looked upon themselves as independent parts. The Fleming, the inhabitant of old Flanders, felt himself still different from the inhabitant of Brabant, Hainaut, or Guelders, from the Hollander or Frisian. Jealous of their ancient rights, proud of their former independence, separated from one another by countless commercial, political, and ethnological barriers, the citizens of the various provinces were not yet minded to submit without Opposition to the plans of the foreign government for their union.
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