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Low Countries
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Low Countries
A region of northwest Europe comprising Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg.

Low Countries
pl n
(Placename) the lowland region of W Europe, on the North Sea: consists of Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands
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Noun1.Low Countries - the lowland region of western Europe on the North Sea: Belgium and Luxembourg and the Netherlands
Europe - the 2nd smallest continent (actually a vast peninsula of Eurasia); the British use `Europe' to refer to all of the continent except the British Isles
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Low Countries n the Low Countriesi Paesi Bassi


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He explains that the paintings were predominately devotional in character, and so provide an index of the spiritual and devotional practices in Haarlem and throughout the Low Countries during the period.
IN THE EARLY 1400s, painters in the Low Countries created a new species of image.
Prince of Orange TOPICS: The political disaffection between the Low Countries and Spain resulted from excessively harsh policies resulted in open revolt let by William I, the Silent, prince of Orange, who was one of the principal noblemen of the region.
 
 
 
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