History of the Low Countries - The development of the territorial principalities and the rise of the towns (925–c. 1350)

history of the Low Countries

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Introduction
Prehistory
- Lower and Middle Paleolithic (250,000–35,000 bp)
- Upper Paleolithic (35,000–10,000 bp)
- Mesolithic (10,000 bp–4000 bce)
- Neolithic (4000–2900 bce)
- The Bronze Age (2000–700 bce)
- The Iron Age (c. 700 bce to Roman times)
Ancient and early medieval times
- The Roman period
- Frankish rule
- The Low Countries under the Carolingians
  - Government
  - Religion
  - Social classes
  - Economy
- Decline of the Frankish empire
The development of the territorial principalities and the rise of the towns (925–c. 1350)
- The secular principalities
- The spiritual principalities
- Struggle for independence
- French and English influence
- Social and economic structure
- Growth of Flanders
- The towns
- Town opposition to the prince
Consolidation of territorial states (1384–1567)
- The Burgundians
- The Habsburgs
- Economic structure
- Population growth
- Culture
- Development of Dutch humanism
The revolt and the formation of the Republic (1567–79)
- Causes of the revolt
- Unification after Alba

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Politically speaking, the period between 925 and about 1350 is characterized by the emergence, growth, and eventual independence of secular and ecclesiastical territorial principalities. The rulers of these principalities—both secular and spiritual—had a feudal relationship with the German king (the Holy Roman emperor), with the exception of the count of Flanders, who held his land principally as the vassal of the French king, with only the eastern part of his county, Imperial Flanders, being held in fealty to the German king. While the secular principalities came into being as a result of individual initiative on the part of local rulers ...(100 of 18156 words)

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