Flanders: A Cultural History (Landscapes of the Imagination)

Author: de Vries, Andre

Brand: Oxford University Press, USA

Edition: 1

Number Of Pages: 256

EAN: 9780195314939

Release Date: 11-06-2007

Package Dimensions: 8.8 x 5.8 x 1.0 inches

Languages: English

Binding: hardcover

Details: André de Vries explores the varied landmarks of Flanders, both rural and urban, to reveal this region's unique character. Considering great cities such as Ghent, Antwerp, and Bruges, he traces the development of a civic culture based on both trade and ideas, in which religion and language play a vital part. Looking too at the Flemish countryside, he explains the role of festivals and folk culture, gluttony and pleasure, in the survival of a strongly local identity.