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| | ARTEVELDE, JACOB VAN - LoveToKnow Article on ARTEVELDE, JACOB VAN (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | Jacob, to according to tradition was a brewer by trade, spent three Irs in amassing quietly a large fortune. |
 | | The efforts of the count of Flanders to overthrow power of Artevelde by force of arms completely failed, and was compelled at Bruges to sign a treaty (June 21, 1338) ictioning the federation of the three towns, Ghent, Bruges and)res, henceforth known as the Three members of Flanders. |
 | | The policy of neutrality, wever, proved impracticable, and the Flemish towns, under the dership of Artevelde, openly took the side of the English king, Lh whom a close alliance was concluded. |
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