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	Haarlem - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Haarlem is a city in the west of the Netherlands, capital of the North Holland province.
		The stadium of HFC Haarlem, the soccerclub, was demolished.
		Haarlem's cathedral was spared from the iconoclastic riots of 1566 in the Netherlands, because the city's major ordered the closing of the church for several months.
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	Haarlem Article, Haarlem Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Haarlem is a city in the west ofthe Netherlands, capital of the North Holland province.
		In 1632 a tow canal between Haarlem and Amsterdam was opened, the firstone in the country.
		The village belongspartly to the municipality of Haarlem (the west side), partly to the municipality of Haarlemmerliede en Spaarnwoude (the east side).The village is built around a sluice in the river, this sluice is also the divisionline of the two municipalities.
	www.anoca.org /city/th/haarlem.html (2008 words)

	Haarlem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Haarlem is a city in the west of the Netherlands, capital of the...
		Main article: Siege of Haarlem 's shape.]] When the city of Brielle was conquered by the Geuzen revolutionary army, the Haarlem municipality started supporting the Geuzen.
		Haarlem's linen became world famous, and the city flourished, just like the rest of the country: the Dutch Golden Age had started.
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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Haarlem
		For the next three years Haarlem remained in the power of the Spaniards; the bishop did everything he could for the spiritual and temporal welfare of his flock, which, already thinned and impoverished by the siege, was now sorely afflicted by the Spanish garrison.
		In the old Haarlem Diocese the principal secular priests, the so-called Chapter of Haarlem, shrank from excommunication and schism, and the great majority of clergy and laity remained faithful to Rome.
		In the seven years of his episcopate he erected a chapter, circumscribed the boundaries of the parishes, some of which were assigned to regulars, drew up regulations for vestry-men and guardians of the Catholic poor, took special care of neglected children and fallen women, and prepared a catechism for use in his diocese.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/07095a.htm (2790 words)

	Netherlands - Haarlem
		Such was the memorable siege of Haarlem, an event in which we are called upon to wonder equally at human capacity to inflict and to endure misery.
		I know nothing of the women of Haarlem to-day, but in the sixteenth century they were among the bravest and most efficient in the world, and it was largely their efforts and example which enabled the city to hold out so long.
		At Haarlem, was born also, in 1620, Nicholas Berchem, painter of charming scenes of broken arches and columns (which he certainly never saw in his own country), made human and domestic by the presence of people and cows, and suffused with gentle light.
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	Haarlem Pages (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Close to the western edge of Haarlem is Bloemendaal (17,000 inhabitants) whilst Heemstede (26,000 inhabitants) lies to the south of the city.
		A high point in Haarlem's history was the award of the Nobel Prize in 1902 to Professor Dr. H.A. Lorentz, resident in Haarlem and curator of the Teyler's Science Laboratory, for his theory of electrons.
		The latter, from a well-known artistic Haarlem family, gained particular fame from his monuments to the liberation and the resistance, including "The Dock Worker" in Amsterdam and "The man facing the firing squad" on the Dreef in Haarlem.
	www.euronet.nl /~jonkr/haarlemweb/pages/haarlqt.htm (2323 words)

	Haarlem History Of Haarlem Middle Ages Spanish Siege (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		It was built in the 14th century replacing the Count's castle.The oldest mentioning of Haarlem dates from the 10th century.
		By the 12th century it was a fortified town, and Haarlem became the hometown for the Counts of Holland The Counts of Holland ruled over the county of Holland in the Low Countries between the 10th and the 16th century.
		Haarlem Haarlem is a city in the west of the Netherlands, capital of the North Holland province.
	www.masterliness.com /a/Haarlem.htm (4139 words)

	Wigbolt Ripperda - free-definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Wigbolt Ripperda was the son of Focko Ripperda and Clara van Ewsum, and born in Winsum.
		When it became clear that a large Spanish army under command of Don Fadrique was approaching the city he inspired the citizens and municipality of Haarlem not to give in to the demands of the Spanish king, but to fight and defend the city.
		Although the city was defeated, the siege of Haarlem had been so exhausting for the Spanish army that in the Siege of Alkmaar they were defeated.
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	Haarlem - Pictures (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-06)
		Notice the near-square shape of the city: this was based on the ancient Jerusalem 's shape.
		In the 1630s, Haarlem was a major trading center for tulips (and it still is), and it was the center in the tulipomania, where faboulous prices were paid for tulib bulbs.
		Haarlem became the provicial capital of North Holland in the early 19th century.
	www.greatestinfo.org /Haarlem (3761 words)

	Castle Huis ter Kleef
		The city of Haarlem was much smaller then and the castle lay a couple of kilometers outside its citywalls.
		Under the rule of Alva the persecution of heretics was intensified which caused the city of Haarlem to resist against the Spanish occupation.
		This led to the siege of Haarlem by the Spanish army.
	www.castles.nl /kleef/kleef.html (416 words)

	The Dead media Project:Working Notes:06.2
		"(...) it is said that during the siege of Acre by Lion- Hearted Richard of England, the town kept up communication with Saladin, the Saracen leader, by pigeon.
		Another good story is that during the siege of Ptolemais the crusaders captured a pigeon carrying to the city news that the sultan was bringing an army to its relief, and would arrive in three days.
		The captors substituted a forged letter in which the sultan was made to say that he could do nothing at the moment, and released the bird again; and by this the town was so much discouraged that it promptly surrendered.
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	Conraet Decker ( - ) Artwork Images, Exhibitions, Reviews
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		Conraet Decker, The Siege of Haarlem - Pl.10 from: Netherlands 1566-1672, 17th - 18th century
		Conraet Decker, The Castle Vredenburg at Utrecht - Pl.17 from: Netherlands 1566-1672, 17th - 18th century
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