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Artevelde

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Ar·te·vel·de  (ärt-vld), Jacob van Called "the Brewer of Ghent." 1290?-1345.
Flemish political leader who maintained the neutrality of Flanders during hostilities between England and France and encouraged Edward III to claim the French throne.


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The Friday market surrounds one of the popular monuments in Gent''s city square: the Jacob Van Artevelde, a monument to one of Gent''s formidable political figures.
During the revolts of 1323-1328 and 1338-1345, the period of the popular Ghent leader James van Artevelde, the cities almost destroyed the count's authority.
NOTES This study was supported by the Stichting Integratie Gehandicapten (SIG), the Artevelde College Ghent and Centrum ter Bevordering van de Cognitieve Ontwikkeling (CeBCO), to whom the authors express their thanks.
 
 
 
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