Index
Acquaviva, Claudio
238, 240
Aire-sur-la-Lys
38, 41, 45, 232, 239, 316, 473
Albert and Isabella, archdukes
7, 9–10, 87, 91–92, 108, 114–18, 140, 151, 165, 221, 237, 255, 487, 546, 571–78
appeals to
79–81, 87, 108, 114, 163, 167, 173, 175–76, 319, 321
donations
178–79, 331, 355, 472–75, 483–84
piety
91–92, 221, 229, 233–34, 237, 241–42, 277–79, 283, 288, 291, 296–97, 299, 306, 308, 378, 479
Albums de Croÿ
325, 335, 337, 345–46, 349
altar
30, 32, 101, 172, 183–87, 190, 200–5, 330–31, 363, 382, 427–28, 487, 497, 502, 508, 511, 514, 529
consecration of
13, 121, 126, 129–41, 146, 148–49, 187, 216, 332
desecration of
2, 20–22, 25, 45–46, 49–56, 63, 65, 73, 76, 78, 108, 112, 123–24, 189, 215–17, 330
design of
385–405, 413–15, 455–56
linen
45, 52, 54, 200–5, 208
portable stone
133, 136, 187, 203, 386
relics
130, 132, 134, 202, 217
Alva, duke of
6, 135, 158, 181, 184, 187, 197, 292, 472, 508, 574, 581
Alveringem
170, 193
Amiens
105, 110, 111
diocese of
254, 271
Anchin, abbey of
97, 135, 166–67, 218, 224, 226, 272, 519,
Anjou, duke of
7, 71, 94–96, 98, 100, 102, 104, 229, 333, 355, 566
Anthoin, Pierre
288, 290
Antwerp
3, 9, 46, 50, 52, 59, 61, 121, 147, 150, 181, 183, 231, 232, 237, 253, 269, 273, 277, 282, 304, 312, 382, 399, 404, 407, 429, 456, 462, 485, 487, 489, 490, 494, 506, 514–15, 521–23, 529, 532, 535, 539, 546–47, 552, 555, 562, 569, 570, 578, 579
bishop of
378
cathedral
46, 231, 305, 398, 473, 529, 532, 547
diocese of
4, 163, 384, 492, 494
fall of (1585)
7, 10, 13, 71, 94, 190, 277, 368, 487, 574
Jesuit church
313, 365
Aquinas, St Thomas
130, 387, 394, 407, 482
archaeology
224, 231–32, 249, 313, 315, 318, 334, 381, 578
Arenberg, Prince of, Charles de Ligne
370–72, 399, 562, 564–65
Argenteau, Charles d’
173–74
Argenton, abbey of
77–78
Armentières
56, 489
Arnèke
186, 195, 256, 319–21
Arras
12, 47, 49, 58, 82–86, 107, 109–11, 183, 224, 228, 237–39, 254, 273, 280, 282, 291, 305, 381, 462, 470, 475–76, 481, 511, 550, 555, 558, 565, 572–73
bishop of
72, 138, 140, 198, 270, 282, 283, 304, 472, 582.
Richardot, Moullart
Capuchins
368–70, 579
cathedral
12, 228, 305, 318, 421, 424, 452, 455
cathedral chapter
83, 85–86, 481
Calvinist coup
62, 65–66, 69, 138, 228, 573
churches
La Madeleine
352–53
St Nicolas-sur-les-Fossés
32, 325–27, 335, 437, 452, 469, 480–81
diocese of
4–5, 135, 166, 198–99, 269–72
synod of
8, 198, 200
Dominicans
430, 467–68
Jesuits
238, 364
Sacrée Manne
228, 282, 301, 303
Sainte Chandelle
280, 282–85, 291, 299, 303, 305–6
St Vaast, abbey of
83–84, 109, 132, 203, 241, 471, 511, 519, 547, 565
urban defences
32, 82–86, 335, 480
Arras, Union of
75, 98, 136, 189
Artois,
11, 24, 33– 38, 41, 45, 47, 56–57, 65, 66, 71–73, 82, 85, 93–95, 99–100, 104–10, 153, 167–73, 188–89, 192, 239, 245, 317, 345, 474, 481, 571–75
Ath
79, 175–76, 292, 327, 329, 361, 424
churches
St Julien
329, 424
St Martin
327–29, 444, 446, 450, 452, 565–66
Auchy
202–4
Auroy, Pierre
255
Austria, Don John of
60, 77, 87, 96, 229, 355, 464, 581
Austria, Margaret of
31, 286
Avesnes-le-Comte
316, 335–36
Ayala, Balthasar de
20–21
Aywières, abbey of
78
Bailleul
45, 68, 173, 176–78, 184–85, 297, 498, 521
Balagny, Jean de Montluc, seigneur de
102–9, 116, 147, 167, 218, 226, 286
Ballin, Jean
39, 45, 70, 88
Bambecque
169, 315
Bapaume
316, 469, 511, 565
baptism
54, 146, 197, 355, 441–55.
font
Bar, François de
135, 272
Baronio, Cesare
248–50, 272
Barre, Pasquier de le
50–51, 281, 463, 519–20
Basse-Wavre, priory of
78–79
Bachy
168, 204
Béclers
444–45
Beer, Joos de
521–22
Bélian, abbey of
37, 59
Bellegambe, Jean
519
bells
21, 25–26, 32–34, 55, 61–65, 79, 97, 108, 111–12, 176–79, 190, 194, 196, 206, 209, 217, 235, 239, 242, 317–18, 332, 345
Benoist, René
254, 489–90
Berghes, Guillaume de
116–17, 206, 226, 301, 357, 361, 582
Berghes, Henri de
272
Berghes, Maximilen de
6, 8, 30, 129, 132–33, 197–98, 292–93, 362, 565, 582
Bergues
90, 173, 175, 177, 184, 195, 321, 472, 546
Berlaymont, Charles de
6, 476
Berlaymont, Louis de,
1–9, 82, 96–107, 113–16, 136, 148, 198, 206, 225, 228–29, 231, 252, 272, 288, 293, 361–62, 461, 575, 577, 582
Bermerain
346, 349
Béthune
469, 474, 482, 498, 515
billeting
21, 86–87
Binche
26, 229, 231, 235, 242, 257–58, 424
Blaise, Jacques
232, 246, 298, 582–83
Blandain
76, 202, 261–62
Blaringhem
177–78, 316
Blendecques
36, 111
Bloccius, Petrus
488
Blocq, Jean du
334, 365
Blois, Louis de
262
Bois, Nicolas du
330, 361
Bollandists
249, 253
Bollezeele
321, 323, 399, 402, 404
Bonne Espérance, abbey of
59, 207, 235, 237, 331
Bonomi, Giovanni Francesco
8, 228, 384
Bontemps, Augustin
257, 272
Borromeo, Carlo
8, 365, 378–79, 383–84, 386, 405, 427, 429, 435–36, 441, 452, 456, 578
Bouchain
82, 100, 574
Boucq, Simon le
31, 281, 333, 364, 369, 372–73, 378–79, 517–18, 532
Bouille, Pierre
297–98, 304
Boulengier, Pierre
196
Boulogne
40–41, 43, 166, 269, 413, 461
Bourbourg
245, 316
Bourghelles
202–3, 444
Boussières-en-Cambrésis
337, 341
Bousval
375–76, 512
Brabant
11, 58, 60, 71, 88, 92, 104, 152, 156, 163–64, 169, 512, 574.
Walloon Brabant
Braine-le-Comte,
65, 175
church
St Géry
65, 288, 290, 387–88, 390–94, 398– 401, 404, 421, 423–25, 437, 439–41, 456, 487, 508, 566–67
Brès, Guy de
48, 124, 144, 213, 216, 488
breviaries,
206, 248–49, 254, 258
Bridgettines
372–73
Broeucq, Jacques du
390, 395–96, 398, 415, 416, 486, 502, 508–9, 519, 570
Bruges
47, 61, 143, 145, 195, 217–18, 282, 393, 396, 398, 522, 527, 529, 535, 568
bishop of
92, 137, 143, 193, 237
cathedral,
393, 568
diocese of
4, 164
Brussels
3, 9, 114–15, 117, 150, 178, 234, 241, 269, 278, 286, 382, 399, 473, 485, 511, 514, 575, 578
Calvinist republic
47, 61, 64–65, 78–79, 295, 463, 464
Carmelites
235, 237
churches
St Géry
464
SS Michel and Gudule
147, 387, 421, 459, 473
Miraculous Hosts
218
Brussels, Union of
60
Buisseret, François
117, 457–58, 460, 476, 482, 582
Burch, François van der
139, 201, 226, 229, 243, 334, 357, 375, 378, 482, 577, 582
Burgundy, dukes of
24–25, 279–80, 286, 474
burial
141–48, 332, 355, 370, 467
Buzegnies, Henri de
266–68, 375, 377
Buzelin, Jean
274–75, 296–97
Caboodt, Jérôme
181, 193–96, 209
Calais
110, 113, 413
Calvin, Jean
58, 215–16, 218, 221, 286
Calvinist republics
2–3, 10, 12, 19, 22, 47, 58–66, 69–70, 78, 124, 137–38, 145, 147, 188, 190, 194, 208–9, 217, 266, 282–83, 462–63, 485, 493, 514, 535, 570, 573–74, 577.
Arras, Brussels, Douai, Ghent, Kortrijk, Ypres
Cambrai
3, 11–12, 47–48, 69, 110, 316–17, 381, 464, 510–11, 514, 519, 546, 552, 565–66
archbishop
53, 72, 136, 225, 230, 235–37, 239, 269, 332, 355, 370, 373, 472, 582.
de Berghes, Berlaymont, Buisseret, Richardot, van der Burch, Sarrazin
archdiocese
4–6, 9, 269, 297, 585–87
synod
8, 142–43, 493–94
bishop of
6, 269–270.
de Berghes, de Croÿ
Capuchins
368, 552, 579
cathedral
12, 147–48, 226, 232, 260, 266, 282, 285–86, 288–91, 305, 464, 510, 546, 552, 575
cathedral chapter
166, 355
churches
St Elisabeth
317
St Géry
30, 99–100, 108, 139, 266–67, 354
St Marie-Madeleine
103
St Martin
103
St Sauveur
101
citadel
27–28, 30, 38, 44, 96, 101, 574
diocese
3, 153, 269–72
synod
127
ecclesiastical province
council
8, 129, 154–55, 157, 163, 179, 201, 213, 218, 220, 225, 383–85, 492–94
French occupation
3, 7, 71, 82, 85, 93–109, 206–7, 286
Jesuits
234, 362
Mont-des-Boeufs
27–30, 574
neutrality
6–7, 27–28
Notre Dame de Prémy, abbey of
101, 207
sieges
95, 100–2, 106–9
sovereignty of
112–18, 575
St Aubert, abbey of
103, 166, 175, 206
St Sépulcre, abbey of
103, 108, 206
urban defences
82, 101–2, 500
Cambron, abbey of
79, 272, 293
Notre Dame de
272, 293–94, 303
Campin, Robert
501
Cantimpré, abbey of
28, 101, 207
Caoult, Walrand
303
Capuchins
14, 139–40, 313, 315, 352, 361, 368–73, 382, 399–400, 413–14, 514, 532, 547, 552–53, 555, 562, 564, 568, 579
Carmelites
49, 144, 176, 178, 235, 237, 372, 430
Carnières
337, 340
Carpentier, Pierre
529, 531
Casena, Paolo da
552–53, 562
Cassel
68, 177, 184, 467, 497
catacomb saints
237–41
Caverel, Philippe de
132, 370, 471
chancel, see choir
Charles V
22, 27, 33, 37, 39–40, 60, 124, 127, 138, 153, 162, 164, 175, 251, 269, 279, 316, 463–64, 472–73, 574–75
Chercq
167–68, 470
Chièvres
292, 299, 512
Chièvres, Notre Dame de
272, 292–93, 303
choir
4, 43, 138, 141, 146, 345, 352, 355
screen
52, 185, 311, 385, 415–28, 456, 485, 498–500, 506–7, 512, 514–19, 521, 577–78
stalls
515
shutters
555
upkeep of
77, 152–55, 157, 159–61, 164, 167–74, 185, 203, 205, 319, 355, 474
chorographers
273–74
church, accounts
40, 97, 175, 187, 193, 195, 430, 495, 497
fortified
14, 33, 35, 74, 311, 321, 334–51, 381
patrons
11, 13, 92, 109, 122, 135, 139, 151–80, 182, 184, 199, 203, 205, 312, 357, 369–70, 381, 406, 428, 467–71, 474–75, 483, 577
reconciliation of
3, 121, 125, 127–38, 148–50, 190
refuge
13, 26, 33, 35, 37, 44, 110–11, 337, 340, 345, 351, 573
tower
28, 32, 35–36, 39, 104, 108, 152–53, 169–70, 173, 177, 179, 311, 317–19, 321, 325, 327, 332, 335–51, 353–54, 357, 381, 465, 574
windows
33, 56, 63–64, 78–79, 109, 166–72, 176–78, 186, 202, 311–12, 317, 321, 327, 331, 364, 369–70, 457–84
churchwardens
55, 62, 64, 163, 170, 175, 177, 185, 187, 193, 199–200, 321, 385, 406, 437, 442, 495, 498–99
churchyard
34, 43, 47, 56, 121, 124–25, 127, 142–49, 153, 201, 209, 332, 349, 351, 353
city watch
38–39, 83, 85
Clairmarais, abbey of
39, 45, 57, 67, 88, 111, 231
Claissens, Pierre II
529–31
Clement VIII
113–15, 118, 283, 299
Cleves, Philippe de
20
Cologne
8, 125, 158, 228, 233, 236–38, 241, 254, 259, 271, 306, 384
Comines
74, 89
communion plate. see liturgical vessels
Condé
55, 76, 225, 228
confession
383–85, 428, 435–41
confessional box
11, 201, 384, 435–41, 456
chair
428, 436–37, 456
confraternity
229–30, 233, 242, 281–83, 291, 298–99, 303, 359–61
consecration
19, 21, 121, 123–33, 137–41, 149–50, 156, 579
altars
121, 130, 132, 134, 140, 148, 216
Cornuaille, Jean
103
Corpus Christi
280, 283, 387, 575
Cottreau, Jean
145–46
Coulx, Servaes de
562, 564–65
Court, Jacques de le
187, 421
Couvreur, Martin
298
Coxcie, Michiel
487, 529
Crespin, abbey of
55–56, 140, 228, 272, 281, 330, 462
Crombach, Hermann
236
Croÿ, Anne de
370, 372, 399, 564–65
Croÿ, Charles de
325, 335, 378
Croÿ, Robert de
6, 8, 30, 272
Cuvillers
316, 337
Cuyper, Martin de
30, 227–28
Cysoing, abbey of
139, 230, 236, 274, 471
Damhouder, Joos de
124
deans of Christianity
199–200, 205, 208
Dechy
580
Defresne, Jean
399
Delemer, Jean
501
Den Briel
58, 234, 251, 260
Deppe, St
237, 239, 245
desecration
3, 76, 125–26, 135, 187, 577
devotional chapels
311, 352, 373–81
Dieulot, Nicaise
221
Dinant
24, 26, 297, 486
diocesan histories
250, 268–76
Diksmuide
194–95
Dompierre-sur-Helpe
262–63, 337, 339
Douai
47, 52, 55, 58, 89, 98, 100, 107, 110, 224, 237, 239–40, 243, 259–61, 274–75, 332, 372, 461–62, 519
churches
St Amé
171–72, 230
St Nicolas
469
Calvinist republic
62, 66–67, 69, 573
Capuchins
368
Dominicans
467
Jesuit college chapel
362–63, 382, 427–28, 456, 579
printing
88, 157, 235, 255, 303, 384, 490
university
228, 292
Doullens
106, 345
Drieux, Remi
136
Dunkirk
90, 91, 321, 325, 396–98, 527–28, 546
Durand, Guillaume
130, 132, 149
Eecke
499, 521
Egmont, count
46, 51, 77, 97
Eleuthère, St
52, 216, 261–62, 416, 420, 502, 506, 511, 578
Eloi, St
265–66, 498, 542–43
Enghien
54, 175–76
Capuchin chapel
368, 370–72, 399–400, 413–14, 514, 555, 562, 564–65, 578
epigraphy
311, 315–16, 444, 461–70, 481–82, 540
Erasmus, Desiderius
19, 32–33, 218, 246
Esne, Michel d’
235, 239, 583
Esplechin
472
Esquelbecq
231, 324
Esquermes
304–5
Estaires
178, 406, 473
Estinnes-au-Mont
293
Etton, St
262–63
excommunication
40, 82, 127, 141–42, 148–49, 472
exhumation
144, 147–48, 235
Fallon, Melchior
28–29
Felleries
357
Féron
340, 344
Feuchy
109, 464
finance
31, 83, 96, 122, 151–80, 200, 203, 217, 282, 296, 318–19, 321, 325, 353, 369–70, 421, 473–74
levies
84, 175–77, 319–21
foundation stone
43, 121, 139–41, 150, 327, 332, 353, 356, 368–70, 579
Flanders
1, 13, 41, 45–47, 51, 54, 57–58, 60–61, 64–68, 71, 73, 75, 77, 88–92, 110, 135, 158, 160, 163–64, 167–69, 176, 181–82, 184, 187, 193, 206, 209, 255, 291, 318–19, 325, 385–86, 406, 430, 442, 462–63, 474, 497, 499, 512, 515, 521–22, 568, 570, 574
archdeaconry of
11, 245
Council of
88, 145, 162, 169–70, 177, 184, 187, 192–93, 195, 497
Flanders, French
11, 47, 57, 65, 71, 73, 75, 77, 90–92, 106, 164, 188–89, 274, 319, 532, 546, 571, 574
Flêtre
186, 406–7
Floquet, Lucas
547
Floris de Vriendt II, Cornelis
282, 416–21, 486, 495, 502, 506, 508, 512, 514, 517, 519, 523, 570
Floris, Frans de Vriendt
506, 521–22
Floyon
316, 337
Folquin, St
231, 256
font
34, 45, 50, 52–54, 185, 190, 201, 355, 428, 441–56
Fontaine-au-Bois
335, 346
Fontenelle, abbey of
55, 207, 230, 271, 332–33
Forest
346, 349
Forvy, Robert de
98, 104
Fourmies
351
Foy, Notre Dame de
297–99, 304, 307–8, 379
France, war with
13, 32–38, 94–112
Francis, St, of Assisi
221, 368, 429–30, 457–58, 475, 482, 498, 555–58, 562, 564
Franciscans
43, 82, 136, 190–91, 215, 221, 234, 430, 463, 475–76, 565
Francken, Ambrosius
521, 529
Frangipani, Ottavio Mirto
114–15, 117–18
Frasnes-lez-Buissenal
325–26, 444, 452–53
French Revolution
12, 262, 266, 393, 452, 486, 510, 546
Fuentes, count of
106–8, 110, 113–14, 287–88, 308, 368, 464, 575
funeral monuments
8, 262, 413, 486
Furnes
41, 55, 196, 321
Gazet, Guillaume
254–56, 269–74, 283, 291, 301, 303
Gembloux, battle of
77–78, 229
Géry, St
28, 30, 232, 260, 266–67, 404
Ghent
11, 26, 46–47, 50, 52, 60–61, 65, 66, 136, 188, 190, 194, 242–43, 266, 280, 463, 532, 547
bishop of
90, 139, 375
Calvinist republic
47, 60–64, 68–69, 74, 88, 188, 194
cathedral
244, 266
diocese of
4, 137–38, 164, 182, 201, 272, 375
Ghent, Pacification of
2, 60, 70, 75, 92, 98, 145–46, 188, 192, 574
Ghyvelde
90, 186
Gorkum, martyrs of
234, 237
Gosnay
469–70, 482
Gramaye, Jean Baptiste
237, 273
Grand-Reng
357–59
Grange, Pérégrin de la
144
Granvelle, Anthoine Perrenot de
6, 55, 57, 61, 95, 98, 143, 166, 250, 330
Granvelle, Nicolas Perrenot de
28
Gravelines
178–79, 231, 297, 324
Gravelinnes, Floris de
539–40
Gregory XIII
72, 103
Grenet, Vaast de
199, 265
Groeninghe, abbey of
63, 69
Guernaval, Philippe de
231, 324
Habarcq
444, 452, 454
Haghe, Mathijs van der
393, 396
hagiographies
248–58, 271, 273, 523
Hainaut
11, 24, 36, 54, 64–65, 71, 79, 82, 88, 93–95, 99–100, 104, 106, 110, 153, 160, 164, 167, 175, 183, 188–89, 220, 226, 231, 237, 242, 251, 257, 263, 292, 303, 325, 327, 351, 361, 470, 476, 512, 522, 532, 571, 574
Hall, Richard
99
Halle
278, 387, 389–90, 405, 442–43, 456, 496–97
Notre Dame de
278–79, 295, 300–2, 305, 307, 576
Halluin
75
Ham
106
Haméricourt, Gérard de
139, 198, 583
Hasnon, abbey of
55, 140, 227–28, 281
Hauport, Robert de
220, 292, 303–4
Havré
353, 355–57, 473
Hazebrouck
178, 186, 317
Hendricq, Jean
110–12, 515, 552
Hennin, Anthonie de
482
Henrion, Robert
331, 378
Henry IV
94–95, 103, 105–6, 108, 110–12, 287, 574
heraldry
140, 255, 267, 316–17, 325, 337, 353, 370, 375, 377, 441, 452, 460, 463–64, 467–78, 483, 511
heresy
6, 13, 46, 60, 143–44, 148, 182, 187–88, 197, 206, 270, 274, 277–79, 286, 352, 488, 571–76, 579
heretic
21, 45, 54, 67, 72, 77, 81, 108, 112, 118, 121, 126, 129, 131, 134, 137, 141–42, 144, 146–49, 155, 157–58, 190–91, 197, 202, 207, 221, 225, 227, 233, 236, 248, 260, 269, 271, 274, 277, 319, 362, 463, 488–89, 493, 523, 574, 576, 577
Herzeele
185, 521
Hesdin
37, 43–44, 138, 297, 316–17, 345
Heuringhem
36, 316
Heurne
77, 168
Hideux, Abraham
421, 511
Hoeymaker, Hendrik
365
Holland
60–61, 79, 86, 177, 260, 572
holy oil
124, 130–32, 146, 203
holy water stoup
50, 186, 442, 456
Hondschoote
135, 186, 568–69
Hornes, count
51
Houchin
444, 452, 468
Houtkerque
178, 185
Hovius, Mathias
234–35
Hungary, Mary of
26–27, 162, 175
Huyssens, Pierre
365
Iconoclastic Fury
2–3, 12, 46–58, 185, 215, 519
image-breaking
2, 12, 46, 51–58, 63, 65, 78, 81, 123, 189–90, 215
images, appropriate
197, 200, 219, 491–94
sculpture
miraculous
272, 281, 294–98, 300
Reformed attitudes
48–50, 213, 488
repair
133, 183–87, 492–94, 497, 500–1
veneration of
2, 21–22, 128–29, 213, 385, 485, 488–94
Inchy, Baudin de Grave, baron d’
95–102, 107, 147–48, 198, 218, 226
Isbergue, St
232–33, 256
Jesuits
10, 14, 21, 67, 100, 139–41, 178, 233, 236–41, 245–46, 249, 253, 274, 277, 279, 297–99, 304–7, 334, 469, 512, 514, 539–40
churches
139–41, 237–40, 313–15, 361–68, 372, 382, 398–99, 404, 427, 456, 562, 579
colleges
43, 67, 100, 139, 234, 256–57, 261, 427
Joncquoy, Michiel de
539
joyeuse entrée
6, 117, 139, 571–76
Kortrijk
3, 11, 47, 54, 61, 71, 89–91, 136, 138, 183, 499, 522, 535, 573
Calvinist republic
47, 61–63, 65, 69, 190
churches
Notre Dame
1, 463
St Martin
265–66, 406–9, 514–15, 535–38, 577
Jesuit church
364–66, 512, 562
La Gorgue
186, 462
Laeken
278, 576
Laventie
217, 462
Le Cateau-Cambrésis
27, 49–50, 53–54, 58, 96–97, 102, 333–34, 361
Le Quesnoy
36–37, 198
Lecoustre, Jehan
346
Lefebvre, Thurien
461, 466
Lens
255
Lens-Saint-Rémy
79, 464
Lepanto, battle of
96, 277, 287
Leseur, Jean
49–50, 53
Lessines
424, 426
Leuze
226, 237
Liduina, St
234–35, 243
Liège
4, 24–25, 27, 79, 138, 152, 253, 271, 297, 384
Liessies
345, 355
abbey of
87, 166, 262, 341, 351, 355
Ligne, Julien de
273, 291
Lille
12, 47, 51, 54–59, 62, 65, 73–76, 79–80, 82–83, 89, 107, 136, 140–41, 144, 183, 237, 243, 246, 274, 295–99, 304–7, 337, 372, 381, 470–71, 547, 572–73
Capuchins
140–41, 368, 547–48, 552, 555–57
church
St Maurice
353, 543–46
Dominicans
82–83
Jesuit church
362, 364
St Maurice
353, 543–46
Lipsius, Justus
300–3, 307
liturgical vessels
20–22, 25, 33–34, 45, 51, 59, 62–63, 65, 76, 83, 104, 112, 124, 131, 146, 185–87, 190, 195–96, 200–3, 205, 208–9, 217–18, 222, 226, 232, 317, 353, 385
Lobbes, abbey of
229, 242, 257–58, 272, 298
Locre, Férry de
305–6
Longuenesse
57, 111–12, 199
Loos, abbey of
55, 57, 140, 296, 529, 531
Notre Dame de Grâce
296, 299
Lottman, Adam
413, 426, 515, 517, 519
Louis XI
6, 286
Louvain, university of
9, 60, 125, 158, 160, 250, 292, 489
Loyers
406–7, 410–11, 413
Loyola, St Ignatius of
245, 313
Macaire, St
242–44, 246, 266, 268, 375, 377
Malcontents
74, 574
Mander, Karel van
486, 506, 519, 521–22, 527, 535, 538–39
Mansfeld, Pierre-Ernst de
476–77, 581
Manteau, Mahieu
140–41, 144
Marbaix
337, 346
Marchiennes, abbey of
55–56, 140, 262, 472, 482, 519–20
Marian devotion
277–308
civic cults
280–91, 306, 517
histories
300–7
intervention
91, 277, 280–82, 287, 291–98, 375
paintings
529, 531–36, 539–41, 552, 554–56, 559, 562–67
piety
278–79, 297
shrines
292–99, 378–80
statues
14, 272, 277, 281–82, 285, 296, 375, 378, 415–16, 420–21, 497–507, 511–14, 578
topography
305–6, 377–80
Marnix van Sint Aldegonde, Philips van
70, 488
Maroilles, abbey of
87, 106
Marquette-en-Ostrevant
406, 413
Marquette, abbey of
54–55, 57, 75, 295
Marsy, Jasper
519
Matte, Sebastian
46
Matthias, Archduke
60, 63–64, 82, 87, 97
Mauris, Hendrik
407
Mayer, Estienne
399, 413
Mechelen
70, 218, 250–51, 260, 494, 512, 514
archbishop of
136–37.
Granvelle, Hovius
archdiocese of
4–5, 143, 492
ecclesiastical province
163–64, 485, 487, 491
council
163–64, 491–92
Grand Conseil
125, 145, 160, 162, 165, 172
Medici, Catherine de
102
Melun, Pierre de,
136, 192
Menen
63, 71, 74–75, 89–92, 137, 512
Merbes-le-Château
337, 342, 346
Merville
316–17
Milan
383, 405, 427, 435–36
Mildert, Hans van
398
miracles
28, 107, 145, 214, 219, 221–22, 241–48, 254–57, 266–67, 271–72, 277–79, 281–85, 287, 291–308, 378, 426, 457
Mire, Aubert le
253, 301, 304
missals
33, 53, 200–1
Molanus, Joannes
227, 233, 250–54, 259, 272, 276, 490–94, 570
Mone, Jean
387–90, 405
Mons
3, 7–8, 12, 32, 51, 58–59, 65, 101, 103, 116, 155, 171, 183, 198, 208, 217, 220, 224–25, 237, 251, 262–68, 293, 331, 381, 384, 499, 508, 512, 573, 577
churches
St Elisabeth
208, 352, 542–43
St Waudru
59, 235, 263–64, 288–89, 390, 395–96, 398, 415–16, 421, 424, 457–59, 467, 476–80, 482–83, 486, 502, 508–9, 532
Jesuits
139, 362, 364
plague
242–43, 246, 266, 268, 375
Mons-en-Pévèle
205, 471
Montmorency, Anthoine de
334
Montmorency, Roger de
469, 481
Morillon, Maximilien
55, 61, 143, 166–67, 511, 583
Moullart, Mathieu,
138, 189, 198–99, 228, 283, 470, 481, 582
Müller, Jacob
405
Namur
60, 77–79, 183, 232, 297, 365–66, 368, 499, 565, 573
bishop of
72, 129, 235, 237, 457, 582.
Blaise, Buisseret, Wallon-Capelle
church
St Jean-Baptiste
353–54, 399
diocese of
4–5, 8, 71–73, 77, 152, 167, 269–70, 274, 331, 346, 355, 434, 437, 464, 574
Nassau, Louis of
58–59, 217, 331, 508, 574
Maurice of
71
William of see Orange, William of
Neuville-en-Avesnois
346, 348–49
new bishoprics scheme
3–5, 252, 269, 488
Nieuwpoort
196, 321, 375, 404
Nivelles
64–65, 78, 463–64, 473
Nizelles, abbey of
78, 87
Noir, Jacques le
221–22
Noircarmes, Philippe de
183
Nole, Robrecht Colyns de
398, 514
Noue, François de la
74–75, 176
Noyon
215
Obourg
242, 266, 268, 375, 377–78
Ooike
194–95
Oignies, Gilbert d’
135, 198, 521, 583
Ommen, Otmaer van
404, 514–15
Oost-cappel
169, 186
Orange, William of
46, 51, 58, 60–61, 63, 65–67, 73, 75, 87–88, 99, 102, 188, 195, 207, 235, 331
Orchies
89, 168, 204, 274, 465
Orcq
76, 167
Ostend
71, 88–92, 277, 308, 568, 574, 576
Oudenaarde
61, 137, 191, 193–95, 325
Oyen, Sébastien van
43
Parma, Alexander Farnese, duke of
7, 20, 23, 70–73, 75–77, 80, 84, 92, 94–95, 98–102, 104, 136–38, 146–47, 149–50, 153, 181, 188–93, 196, 209, 368, 464, 574, 581
Parma, Margaret of
1, 6, 13, 45–46, 51–52, 54, 56, 58, 121, 123, 129, 133, 143, 149, 169, 181–83, 187, 197–98, 209, 362, 485, 576, 581
Payen, Pontus
65–66
Pays d’Alleu
56–57, 90, 217
Peckius, Pieter
125–26, 130–31, 156–58, 160, 171–72
Pecquencourt
135
Persijn, Jean
365
Pevernage, Andreas
1–3, 5, 9–10, 577
Phalempin, abbey of
55, 203
Philip II
6, 68, 94–95, 102, 106, 113, 117, 121, 143, 158, 163, 175, 181, 189, 233, 282, 316
Piat, St
255–56, 273, 416, 420, 502, 506, 511, 578
pilgrimages
28, 197, 218, 241–42, 245, 260, 274, 277–79, 283, 285–86, 291, 297, 299, 301, 304–6, 361, 576
Pintaflour, Pierre
1, 145, 583
plays
139–40, 234, 240, 256–57, 283, 306
Plessis-lez-Tours, treaty of
95
Poivre, Pierre le
217, 437
Pommereuil
345–47, 359
pontifical
3, 131–32, 140, 149–50, 206
Potelle, castle chapel
498–99
Pourbus, Frans, I
487, 522–29
Pourbus, Pierre
398
Pardo, Silvester
384
preaching
103, 145–46 368, 383–85, 428–35
priests, attacks on
34, 76, 90, 128, 131, 135, 192
processions
30, 59, 67, 91, 140–41, 148, 213, 216–17, 230–31, 235, 238–42, 245, 258, 266, 268, 278, 280–87, 291, 293, 298–99, 305–7, 373, 426, 493, 502, 517, 571, 579
pulpit
185, 428–35
Quesne, Jean de
523, 526
Raisse, Arnold de
222–23, 225, 227–28, 253, 255, 259–61, 267, 276
Rameaux, Jean des
230
Ramegnies
77, 167–68
Ramousies
346, 357
Rassenghien, Maximilien Vilain de Gand, baron
57, 73, 75, 88
Récourt
171–73, 175
Reformed baptism
54, 147, 197
burial
141–47
preaching
19, 46–50, 53, 62, 65, 71, 189
worship
53–54, 58, 63–64, 146, 149, 188, 209, 429
temple
53, 144, 157, 495
refugees
68–69, 75, 78–79, 101, 173, 195, 230
Rheims
230, 236–37, 271
relics
2, 14, 21, 25, 28, 30, 40, 65, 67, 76, 100, 128–30, 141, 206, 208, 213–47, 256, 258–62, 267, 271, 275, 278, 280–83, 286, 298, 300, 303, 305–6, 331, 373, 375, 543, 575, 578
religievrede
61, 66–67, 75, 188
reliquaries
14, 22, 25, 34, 40, 51–52, 61, 65, 75–76, 79, 97, 104, 140, 185, 190, 192, 213, 215–18, 221, 224–29, 231, 237, 239, 241–45, 266, 280–83, 298, 307, 353
Requesens, Luis de
59, 581
Rexpoëde
169–70, 177, 499
Ribécourt
316, 337
Richardot, François
220, 282, 327, 480–81, 489–90, 492, 494, 582
Richardot, Jean
208, 582
Richebourg
406
Rijckere, Bernaert de
266, 532, 535–37
Rome
22, 41, 50, 96, 139, 206, 213, 230, 233, 238, 240–41, 253, 259, 285, 539, 562, 568, 579
catacombs
238, 240, 579
Gesù
313, 362, 427
Ronchin
316, 337, 343
rood screen see choir screen
Rosweyde, Héribert
249, 253
Roucourt
429–30
Rubens, Peter Paul
9, 14, 312, 398, 487, 546–62, 568–70, 579
Rumaucourt
444, 446, 449
Rythovius, Martinus
137
’s-Hertogenbosch, diocese of
4, 184, 237, 277
sacrament house
11, 56, 311, 385–86, 390, 404–15, 428, 452, 455–56, 486, 577–78
safeguards
80, 87, 90
Sailly-sur-la-Lys
90
Sailly, Thomas
21–22
Saint–Vaast
335, 338
Saint-Amand
49, 90, 143, 316–17
abbey of
53, 55, 330, 361, 557
Saint-Denis-en-Broqueroie, abbot of
242, 266, 375, 377
Saint-Ghislain
76, 190
abbey of
76, 140, 166
Saint-Jean-du-Mont, abbey of
38–39, 68, 173
Saint-Omer
12, 30, 32, 36–41, 43, 47, 57–58, 66–69, 73, 82–83, 88, 100, 110–12, 173, 183, 194–95, 224, 232, 237–39, 243, 256, 368, 384, 398, 473, 515, 573
bishop of
83, 129, 159, 177, 232, 245, 319, 583.
Blaise, d’Haméricourt, Six
cathedral
40, 42, 511, 515–16, 547, 551–52
cathedral chapter
11, 158–62, 164, 167–71, 177, 180, 184
diocese of
4–5, 43, 72–73, 166, 198–99, 206, 269–70, 272, 274
synod
8, 200–1, 493
Jesuits
67, 100, 139, 256–57, 261, 362
Notre Dame des Miracles
298
St Bertin, abbey of
12, 131, 139, 166, 199, 231, 256, 265, 459, 515
Saint-Winoc, abbey of
173, 568
Saive, François de
565–66
Sarrazin, Jean,
66, 113, 116–17, 269, 369–70, 470, 565, 579, 582
Sars-la-Buissière
355, 357
Saulchoir, abbey of
54–55
Scherpenheuvel
104, 277–78, 297, 299–300, 303, 308, 378, 514, 576, 578
Schiedam
234–35, 243
Schleiff, Pierre
399, 519
Scorel, Jan van
519–20
sculpture
494–519.
images
Seclin
202–5
Seghers, Gérard
562–63
Sémeries
345
Sercus
316–17
Séverin, St
140, 237, 245
Six, Jean,
73, 137–38, 199, 205–6, 583
Sluis
88, 92
Soignies
499, 512
confraternity chapel,
359–61, 406–7, 412–13
Marais Tillériau chapel
373–74
Soldoyer, Nicolas
50, 53, 56, 134–35, 144–45
Solre-le-Château
346, 350, 381
stained–glass windows
311, 331, 457–84
States General
60, 63–65, 71–72, 74, 77–79, 88–89, 91–99, 102, 188, 192, 229, 464, 574
Steenvoorde
46, 178, 184
Steenwerck
444, 521
storms
35, 202–4, 317–18, 352–53, 465
Strazeele
186, 497
tabernacle
40, 126, 185–86, 201, 203, 396, 405–6, 413–15, 578
Taillebert, Urbain
437, 514–15
Templeuve, Eustache de
370
Térentien, St
237, 243
Thérouanne
26, 37–43
bishop of
231, 256, 272
cathedral
38–42
diocese of
38, 41, 43, 168–69, 256, 269–70
Tirlemont
79, 464
tithes
31, 122, 151–80, 193, 200, 203
Tongres
292–93, 305
Tourcoing
74–75
Tourmignies
204, 406
Tournai
2, 7, 12, 46–58, 74–76, 86–87, 110, 123, 129, 133, 137, 143–47, 182–83, 215, 225, 237, 239, 243, 245, 248, 256–57, 261, 269, 303, 330, 368, 424, 442, 469, 472, 511–12, 521–22, 539–40, 573–74, 576
bishop of
51, 54, 72–73, 79–80, 134–37, 140–41, 145, 159, 235, 237, 246, 261–62, 273, 295, 368, 583.
d’Esne, d’Oignies, Pintaflour, Vendeville
cathedral
133–35, 187, 216, 221, 224, 305, 311, 386, 416–21, 426, 437, 444, 446–47, 455, 457, 459, 462–64, 495, 501–7, 512–14, 521, 523, 532, 578
cathedral chapter
73, 75, 77, 133, 147, 164, 166–68, 187, 192, 203, 282, 416, 444, 465, 470
churches
St Brice
134, 143, 187, 406, 416, 421, 430, 437, 446, 448, 495, 498–500
St Catherine
431, 434
St Jacques
164, 424
St Marie-Madeleine,
421–23, 426, 430–31, 539, 541
St Nicolas
430–32, 444, 446, 451
St Piat
431, 433, 539
St Quentin
403–4, 421, 501
diocese of
4–5, 11, 54, 62, 71, 153, 190, 198–99, 202–6, 221, 235, 269–70, 272–73, 318
synod of
8, 154–55, 200
Jesuits
362, 364–65, 367, 514, 540
procession
280–82, 285, 291, 298, 305
siege of
20–21, 71, 76–77, 147, 191–92
St Martin, abbey of
134, 330, 472, 523–27, 532
Trent, Council of
8–9, 21, 80, 128–29, 149, 153, 157, 163, 169, 181, 196–97, 213, 219–20, 222, 246, 248, 311, 355, 361, 382–83, 428, 435, 441, 485, 492, 494, 578
decrees
2, 8, 11, 115, 128–29, 133, 153–54, 169, 171, 175, 179, 181–82, 197, 199, 214, 219, 225, 228, 242, 248, 250, 269, 292, 301, 383–85, 415, 428, 435, 455–56, 490–1, 578–79
triptychs
266, 386, 398, 456, 519, 522, 529–31, 535–37, 541, 547, 555, 559–62, 565–66, 568–70, 579
Twelve Years Truce
92, 274, 562, 579
urban defences
24, 26–32, 43–44, 62–63, 81–84, 101–2, 175–76, 325, 327
urban refuge
39, 55, 59, 67–68, 224, 226, 295, 331–33
Ursula, St
236, 260
Ursulines
372
Utrecht
4, 270, 487, 514, 521
Valenciennes
2, 8, 31–32, 46–47, 49, 52–59, 105, 110, 121, 123, 129, 133, 144, 183, 215, 217, 224, 226–30, 237, 239, 241, 245, 248, 304, 399, 413, 437, 461, 511, 519, 532, 552–53, 568, 571–73, 575–76
Bridgettines
372–73
Carmelites
144, 430
Capuchins
368–69, 532
Carthusians
332
churches
St Carlo Borromeo
378–79
St Nicolas-en-Couture
406
Notre Dame de la Chaussée
144, 426, 515, 532, 552–54
Notre Dame de la Grande
426, 515, 517–18
St Géry
144, 217, 426
St Vaast
465, 473
St Vaast outside the walls
31–32
Dominicans
81–82, 461, 482
Jesuits
140, 236–37, 245, 362, 364
procession
241, 258–59, 280–82, 291, 298, 305–7, 426, 517–18
refuges
59, 207, 226, 332–33
St Jean, abbey
of
426, 472, 532–33
urban defences
31–32, 81–82
Varlet, Michel
283–85
Vaudricourt
316, 444, 452, 466
Vendegies-au-Bois
346, 469
Vendeville, Jean
199, 206, 261, 296, 583
Vermay, Henri de
266, 566–68
Veroon, Nicholas
498, 521
Vervins, Treaty of
111–13, 572
Vervliet, Jean
258–59, 306
vestments
21, 40, 51, 62, 76, 124, 185–86, 194–96, 200, 202–4, 237, 239, 266, 385
Vicoigne, abbey of
55, 59, 140, 226, 281, 482
Victor, St
215, 237, 243
Vieil Hesdin
43–44
Vieux-Reng
357
Villers, abbey of
331, 378, 380
visitations
122, 138, 154, 181–82, 188, 196–205, 209, 317–18, 470–71, 493
ad limina
9, 205–8, 313
Vitoria, Francisco de
19–20, 32
Vlérick, Pieter
522
Vos, Laurent de
101
Vos, Maerten de
265, 398, 487, 529, 532–34, 539, 569–70
vrijbuiters
71, 88–91, 109, 178, 291, 381, 574
Vroilynck, Ghislain
568–69
Walcourt
346
wall painting
293, 544–46
Wallon-Capelle, François,
72, 582
Walloon Brabant
5, 64, 71, 77–79, 378
Wamesius, Johannes
158, 160
Warneton
89
abbey of
68
Watten
74, 176, 178
abbey of
45, 57, 69
Waudru, St
263–64
Waulde, Gilles
242, 257–58
whitewash
172, 331, 515, 546
Wille, Ambrose
49–50
Willies
355
windows, see stained-glass windows
World War I
12, 314, 334, 444, 460–61, 486, 515
World War II
486, 527
Wormhout
185, 319, 321–22
Ypres
137, 147, 186, 191, 193–94, 196, 321, 362, 437–38, 515
bishop of
129, 135, 140, 170, 186, 191, 231, 321, 396, 482
Calvinist republic
47, 61, 63–64, 68
cathedral
515
diocese of
4, 11, 41, 43, 158, 164, 166, 182, 269
Zeeland
60, 68, 86, 572
Zegerscappel
170–71, 186
Zuerius, Phillippus
158, 160