See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

JACOB See also:

• VAN

VAN See also:

• JACOB VAN ARTEVELDE (c. 1290-1345)
• ARTEVELDE, PHILIP VAN (c. 1340-1382)

ARTEVELDE (c. 1290-1345)  , Flemish statesman, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• GHENT (Flem. Gent, Fr. Gand)

Ghent about 1290 . He sprang from one of the wealthy commercial families of this See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• INDUSTRIAL

industrial See also:

• CITY (through Fr. cite, from Lat. civitas)

city, his See also:

• FATHER

father's name being probably See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• VAN

van See also:

• ARTEVELDE, JACOB VAN (c. 1290-1345)
• ARTEVELDE, PHILIP VAN (c. 1340-1382)

Artevelde . His See also:

• BROTHER

brother See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John, a See also:

• RICH, BARNABE (c. 1540-1617)
• RICH, CLAUDIUS JAMES (1787-1821)
• RICH, JOHN (1692-1761)
• RICH, PENELOPE, LADY (c. 1562–1607)
• RICH, RICHARD, 1ST BARON RICH (1490?-1567)

rich See also:

• CLOTH

cloth See also:

• MERCHANT (O. Fr. marcheant, modern marchand; from Lat. mercari, to trade, merx, goods, merchandise)

merchant, took a leading See also:

• PART

part in public affairs during the first decades of the ,4th See also:

• CENTURY (from Lat. centuria, a division of a hundred men)

century . See also:

• JACOB
• JACOB, JOHN (1812-1858)

Jacob, who according to tradition was a See also:

• BREWER, JOHN SHERREN (1810-1879)

brewer by See also:

• TRADE (O. Eng. trod, footstep, from tredan, to tread; in M. Eng. the forms teed, trod and trade appear, the last in the sense of a beaten track)
• TRADE, BOARD OF

trade, spent three years in amassing quietly a large See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune . He was twice married, the second See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time to See also:

• CATHERINE
• CATHERINE, SAINT

Catherine de Coster, whose See also:

• FAMILY

family was of considerable See also:

• INFLUENCE (Late Lat. influentia, from influere, to flow in)

influence in Ghent . Not till 1337, when the out-break of hostilities between See also:

• FRANCE
• FRANCE, ANATOLE (1844– )

France and See also:

• ENGLAND
• ENGLAND, THE CHURCH OF

England threatened to injure seriously the industrial welfare of his native See also:

• TOWN

town, did Jacob van Artevelde make his first See also:

• APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance as a See also:

• POLITICAL

political See also:

• LEADER, BENJAMIN WILLIAMS (1831– )

leader . As the Flemish cities depended upon England for the See also:

• SUPPLY (through Fr. from Lat. supplere, to fill up)

supply of the See also:

• WOOL, WORSTED AND WOOLLEN MANUFACTURES

wool for their See also:

• STAPLE

staple See also:

• INDUSTRY (Lat. industria, from indu-, a form of the pre, position in, and either stare, to stand, or struere, to pile up)

industry of See also:

• WEAVING

weaving, he boldly came forward, as a See also:

• TRIBUNE (med. Lat. tribune, from classical Lat. tribunal)

tribune of the See also:

• PEOPLE

people, and at a great See also:

• MEETING (from " to meet," to come together, assemble, 0. Eng. metals ; cf. Du. moeten, Swed. mota, Goth. gamotjan, &c., derivatives of the Teut. word for a meeting, seen in O. Eng. Wit, moot, an assembly of the people; cf. witanagemot)

meeting at the monastery of Biloke unfolded his See also:

• SCHEME (Lat. schema, Gr. oxfjya, figure, form, from the root axe, seen in exeiv, to have, hold, to be of such shape, form, &c.)

scheme of an See also:

• ALLIANCE

alliance of the Flemish towns_ with those of See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant, See also:

• HOLLAND
• HOLLAND, CHARLES (1733–1769)
• HOLLAND, COUNTY AND PROVINCE OF
• HOLLAND, HENRY FOX, 1ST BARON (1705–1774)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICH, 1ST EARL OF (1S9o-,649)
• HOLLAND, HENRY RICHARD VASSALL FOX, 3RD
• HOLLAND, JOSIAH GILBERT (1819-1881)
• HOLLAND, PHILEMON (1552-1637)
• HOLLAND, RICHARD, or RICHARD DE HOLANDE (fl. 1450)
• HOLLAND, SIR HENRY, BART

Holland and See also:

• HAINAUT (Flem. Henegouwen, Ger. Hennegau)

Hainaut, to maintain an armed See also:

• NEUTRALITY

neutrality in the dynastic struggle between See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III. and See also:

• PHILIP
• PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
• PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
• PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
• PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)

Philip VI. of France . His efforts were successful . See also:

• BRUGES (Flemish Brugge, a name signifying the bridge or place of bridges)

Bruges, See also:

• YPRES (Flemish Yperen)

Ypres and other towns formed a See also:

• LEAGUE

league with Ghent, in which town Artevelde, with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of See also:

• CAPTAIN (derived from Lat. ca put, head, through the Low Lat. capitanus)

captain-See also:

• GENERAL
• GENERAL (Lat. generalis, of or relating to a genus, kind or class)

general, henceforth until his See also:

• DEATH

death exercised almost dictatorial authority . His first step was to conclude a commercial treaty with England . The efforts of the See also:

• COUNT (Lat. comes, gen. comitis, Fr. comte, Ital. conte, Span. conde)

count of See also:

• FLANDERS (Flem. Vlaanderen)

Flanders to overthrow the See also:

• POWER [WILLIAM GRATTAN] TYRONE (1797-1841)

power of Artevelde by force of arms completely failed, and he was compelled at Bruges to sign a treaty (See also:

• JUNE

June 21, 1338) sanctioning the federation of the three towns, Ghent, Bruges and Ypres, henceforth known as the Three members of Flanders." This was the first of a See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of See also:

• TREATIES

treaties, made during the See also:

• YEAR

year 1339-1340, which gradually brought into the federation all the towns and provinces of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . The policy of neutrality, however, proved impracticable, and the Flemish towns, under the leadership of Artevelde, openly took the See also:

• SIDE
• SIDE (mod. Eski Adalia)

side of the See also:

• ENGLISH

English See also:

• KING
• KING (O. Eng. cyning, abbreviated into cyng, cing; cf. O. H. G. chun- kuning, chun- kunig, M.H.G. kiinic, kiinec, kiinc, Mod. Ger. Konig, O. Norse konungr, kongr, Swed. konung, kung)
• KING [OF OCKHAM], PETER KING, 1ST BARON (1669-1734)
• KING, CHARLES WILLIAM (1818-1888)
• KING, CLARENCE (1842–1901)
• KING, EDWARD (1612–1637)
• KING, EDWARD (1829–1910)
• KING, HENRY (1591-1669)
• KING, RUFUS (1755–1827)
• KING, THOMAS (1730–1805)
• KING, WILLIAM (1650-1729)
• KING, WILLIAM (1663–1712)

king, with whom a See also:

• CLOSE
• CLOSE (from Lat. clausum, shut)
• CLOSE, MAXWELL HENRY (1822-1903)

close alliance was concluded .

Artevelde now reached the height of his power, concluding alliances with See also:

• KINGS, FIRST AND SECOND BOOKS OF

kings, and publicly associating with them on equal terms . Under his able See also:

• ADMINISTRATION (Lat. administrare, to serve)

administration trade flourished, and Ghent See also:

• ROSE
• ROSE (Rosa)
• ROSE, GEORGE (1744-1818)
• ROSE, HUGH JAMES (1795—1838)
• ROSE, WILLIAM STEWART (1775-1843)

rose rapidly in See also:

• WEALTH

wealth and importance . His well-nigh despotic See also:

• RULE

rule awoke at last among his compatriots See also:

• JEALOUSY (adapted from Fr. jalousie, formed from jaloux, jealous, Low Lat. zelosus, Gr. j'i os, ardour, zeal, from the root seen in '&u', to boil, ferment; cf. " yeast ")

jealousy and resentment . The proposal of Artevelde to disown the See also:

• SOVEREIGNTY

sovereignty of See also:

• LOUIS
• LOUIS (804–876)
• LOUIS (893–911)
• LOUIS, JOSEPH DOMINIQUE, BARON (1755-1837)
• LOUIS, or LEWIS (from the Frankish Chlodowich, Chlodwig, Latinized as Chlodowius, Lodhuwicus, Lodhuvicus, whence-in the Strassburg oath of 842-0. Fr. Lodhuwigs, then Chlovis, Loys and later Louis, whence Span. Luiz and—through the Angevin kings—Hungarian

Louis, count of Flanders, and to recognize in its See also:

• PLACE (through Fr. from Lat. platea, street; Gr. IrAar6s, wide)

place that of Edward, See also:

• PRINCE
• PRINCE (Lat. princeps, from primus capio, " I am the first to take "; Ital. principe, Fr. prince)

prince of See also:

• WALES (Cymru, Gwalia, Cambria)

Wales (the See also:

• BLACK
• BLACK, ADAM (1784-1874)
• BLACK, JEREMIAH SULLIVAN (1810–1883)
• BLACK, WILLIAM (1841-1898)

Black Prince), gave rise to violent dissatisfaction . A popular insurrection See also:

• BROKE, or BROOKE, ARTHUR (d. 1563)
• BROKE, SIR PHILIP BOWES VERE, BART

broke out in Ghent, and Artevelde See also:

• FELL
• FELL, JOHN (1625-1686)

fell into the hands of the See also:

• CROWD, CROUTH, CROWTH

crowd and was murdered on the 24th of See also:

• JULY

July 1345 . The great services that he rendered to Ghent and to his See also:

• COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country have in later times been recognized . A statue was erected in his native town on the See also:

• MARCHE
• MARCHE, or LA MARCHE

Marche du Vendredi, and was unveiled by See also:

• LEOPOLD (M.H. Ger. Liupolt; O.H. Ger. Liupald, from hut, Mod. Ger. Leute, " people," and paid, " bold," i.e. " bold for the people ")

Leopold I., king of the Belgians, on the 13th of See also:

• SEPTEMBER (Lat. septem, seven)

September 1863 . See J . See also:

• HUTTEN, PHILIPP VON (c. 1511—1546)
• HUTTEN, ULRICH VON (1488—1523)

Hutten, See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

James and Philip van Artevelde (See also:

• LONDON

London, 1882) ; W . J . See also:

• ASHLEY, WILLIAM JAMES (186o- )

Ashley, James and Philip van Artevelde (London, 1883) ; P . Nameche, See also:

• LES

Les van Artevelde et leur epoque (See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain, 1887) ; L .

Vanderkindere, Le Siecle See also:

• DES

des Arteveldes (See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels, 1879) .