DAMME  , a decayed See also:

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

city of See also:

• BELGIUM
• BELGIUM (Fr. Belgique; Flem. Belgic)

Belgium, 5 M . N.E. of See also:

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

Bruges, once among the most important commercial ports of See also:

• EUROPE

Europe . It is situated on the See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal from Bruges to See also:

• SLUYS, BATTLE OF

Sluys (Ecluse), but in the See also:

• MIDDLE

middle ages a navigable channel or See also:

• RIVER

river called the Zwyn gave See also:

• SHIPS

ships See also:

• ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access to it from the See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• SEA (in O. Eng. sae, a common Teutonic word; cf. Ger. See, Dutch Zee, &c.; the ultimate source is uncertain)
• SEA, COMMAND OF THE

Sea . The See also:

• GREAT

great See also:

• NAVAL

naval See also:

• BATTLE

battle of Sluys, in which See also:

• EDWARD

Edward III. destroyed the See also:

• FRENCH
• FRENCH, DANIEL CHESTER (1850– )
• FRENCH, NICHOLAS (1604-1678)

French See also:

• FLEET

fleet and secured the command of the channel, was fought in the See also:

• YEAR

year 1340 at the mouth of the Zwyn . About 1395 this channel began to show signs of silting up, and during the next See also:

• HUNDRED

hundred years the See also:

• PROCESS

process proved rapid . In 1490 a treaty was signed at Damme between the See also:

• PEOPLE

people of Bruges and the See also:

• ARCHDUKE (Lat. archidux, Ger. Erzherzog)

archduke See also:

• MAXIMILIAN
• MAXIMILIAN (1832—1867)

Maximilian, and very soon after this event the channel became completely closed up, and the See also:

• FOREIGN

foreign See also:

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

merchant See also:

• GILDS, or GUILDS

gilds or " nations" See also:

• LEFT

left the See also:

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

place for See also:

• ANTWERP
• ANTWERP (Fr. Anvers)

Antwerp . This signified the See also:

• DEATH

death of the See also:

• PORT

port and was indirectly fatal to Bruges as well . The See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of See also:

• CHARLES
• CHARLES (1270-1325)
• CHARLES (1421-1461)
• CHARLES (1525-1574)
• CHARLES (c. 1319-1364)
• CHARLES (Fr. Charles; Span. Carlos; Ital. Carlo; Ger. Karl; derived from O.H.G. Charal,latinized as Carolus, meaning originally " man ": cf. Mod.Ger., Kerl," fellow," A.S. ceorl, Mod. Eng. " churl ")
• CHARLES (KARL EITEL ZEPHYRIN LUDWIG; in Rum. CAROL)
• CHARLES [KARL ALEXANDER] (1712-1780)
• CHARLES, ELIZABETH (1828-1896)
• CHARLES, JACQUES ALEXANDRE CESAR (1746-1823)
• CHARLES, THOMAS (1755-1814)

Charles the Bold and See also:

• MARGARET
• MARGARET (1283–1290)
• MARGARET (1353-1412)
• MARGARET (1489–1541)
• MARGARET, ST (c. 1045–1093)
• MARGARET, ST (SANCTA MARGARITA)

Margaret of See also:

• YORK
• YORK (HOUSE OF)
• YORK, EDMUND OF LANGLEY, DUKE OF (1341-1402)
• YORK, EDWARD
• YORK, FREDERICK AUGUSTUS, DUKE OF (1763-1827)
• YORK, RICHARD, DUKE

York, See also:

• SISTER

sister of Edward IV., was celebrated at Damme on the and of See also:

• JULY

July 1468 . It will give some See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of the importance of the See also:

• TOWN

town to mention that it had its own maritime See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law, known as See also:

• DROIT (Fr. for " right," from Lat. directus, straight)

Droit maritime de Damme . The new See also:

• SHIP

ship canal from Zeebrugge will not revive the See also:

• ANCIENT
• ANCIENT (also spelt ANTIENT; derived, through the Fr. ancien, old, from the late Lat. antianum, from ante, before)

ancient port, as it follows a different route, leaving Damme and Ecluse quite untouched . Damme, although See also:

• LONG, GEORGE (1800-1879)
• LONG, JOHN DAVIS (1838– )

long neglected, preserves some remains of its former prosperity, thanks to its remoteness from the See also:

• AREA

area of See also:

• INTERNATIONAL, THE

international strife in the See also:

• LOW, SETH (1850- )
• LOW, WILL HICOK (1853- )

Low Countries . The See also:

• TOWER (Lat. turris; Fr. tour, clocker; Ital. torre; Ger. Thurm)

tower of Notre See also:

• DAME
• DAME (through the Fr. from Lat. domina, mistress, lady, the feminine of dominus, master, lord)

Dame, dating from 118o, is a landmark across the See also:

• DUNES

dunes, and the See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

church behind it, although a See also:

• SHELL
• SHELL (O. Eng. scell, scyll, cf. Du. sceel, shell, Goth. skalja, tile; the word means originally a thin flake,. cf. Swed. skalja, to peel off; it is allied to " scale " and " skill," from a root meaning to cleave, divide, separate)

shell, merits inspection .

Out of a portion of the ancient markets a hotel- de-See also:

• VINE

vine of modest dimensions has been constructed, and in the See also:

• HOSPITAL (Lat. haspitalis, the adjective of hospes, host or guest)

hospital of St See also:

• JEAN

Jean are a few pictures . Camille See also:

• LEMONNIER, ANTOINE LOUIS CAMILLE (1844– )
• LEMONNIER, PIERRE CHARLES (1715—1799)

Lemonnier has given in one of his Causeries a striking picture of this faded See also:

• SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of former greatness, now a solitude in which the few residents seem spectres rather than living figures .