In a message dated 07/07/2003 1:30:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Belgium is a very little country but it's divided in three regions : one is > french speaking (Wallonia), one is dutch speaking (Flanders) and a little > one is german speaking. Binche is in Wallonia, not all the belgian laces > come from Flanders Thank you so much for your response. It is these very distinctions that are so hard for me to understand, but that I think travel would clarify. I have an inordinate amount of trouble trying to get a clear picture of Philip the Bold, etc. I have been looking for history books on the region, epecially in the 1560-1760 time frame and I think I have not found any because I am looking under Flanders. Perhaps I should be looking under The Netherlands? My book on Renaissance tapestry ends with the invasion of the Duke of Alba of Spain around 1560. It seems that many of the tapestry makers were Protestant and fled to Protestant countries, such as Germany, Switzerland and England where they set up tapestry industries. And yet the region then goes on to produce these wonderful laces. How did this transition occur? What is the role of the Protestant Reformation in the history of lace? I feel so handicapped by my poor grasp of history and geography that I can't even find the book that would contain the answers. Devon - To unsubscribe send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] containing the line: unsubscribe lace [EMAIL PROTECTED]
