JOYEUSE ENTREE  , a famous See also:

• CHARTER (Lat. charta, carta, from Gr. Xap-rns, originally for papyrus, material for writing, thence transferred to paper and from this material to the document, in O. Eng. boc, book)

charter of See also:

• LIBERTY (Lat. libertas, from liber, free)

liberty granted to See also:

• BRABANT
• BRABANT, NORTH

Brabant by See also:

• DUKE (corresponding to Fr. duc, Ital. duca, Ger. Herzog)

Duke 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 III. in 1354 . John summoned the representatives of the cities of the duchy to See also:

• LOUVAIN (Flem. Leuven)

Louvain to announce to them the See also:

• MARRIAGE

marriage of his daughter and heiress Jeanne of Brabant to See also:

• WENCESLAUS (1361-1419)

Wenceslaus duke of See also:

• LUXEMBURG
• LUXEMBURG, FRANCOIS HENRI DE MONTMORENCYBOUTEVILLE, DUKE

Luxemburg, and he offered them liberal concessions in See also:

• ORDER
• ORDER (through Fr. ordre, for earlier ordene, from Lat. ordo, ordinis, rank, service, arrangement; the ultimate source is generally taken to be the root seen in Lat. oriri, rise, arise, begin; cf. " origin ")
• ORDER, HOLY

order to secure their assent to the See also:

• CHANGE (derived through the Fr. from the Late Lat. cambium, cambiare, to barter; the ultimate derivation is probably from the root which appears in the Gr. «a urmu', to bend)

change of See also:

• DYNASTY (Gr. &vvaareta, sovereignty, the position of a hevnori7r, lord, ruler, from SuvaaBay to be able, Suvaµas, power)

dynasty . John III. died in 1355, and Wenceslaus and Jeanne on the occasion of their See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state entry into See also:

• BRUSSELS (Fr. Bruxelles, Flem. Brussel)

Brussels solemnly swore to observe all the provisions of the charter, which had been See also:

• DRAWN

drawn up . From the occasion on which it was first proclaimed this charter has since been known in See also:

• HISTORY

history as La Joyeuse Entree . By this document the See also:

• DUKES
• DUKES, LEOPOLD (1810-1891)

dukes of Brabant undertook to maintain the integrity of the duchy, and not to wage See also:

• WAR
• WAR (O. Eng. werre, Fr. guerre, of Teutonic origin; cf. O.H.G. werran, to confound)

war, make See also:

• TREATIES

treaties, or impose taxes without the consent of their subjects, as represented by the municipalities . All members of the duke's See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council were to be native-See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born Brabanters . This charter became the See also:

• MODEL (0. Fr. modelle, mod. modele; It. modello, pattern, mould; from Lat. modus, measure, standard)

model for other provinces and the See also:

• BULWARK (a word probably of Scandinavian origin, from bol or bole, a tree-trunk, and werk, work, in Ger. Bollwerk, which has also been derived from an old German bolen, to throw, and so a machine for throwing missiles)

bulwark of the liberties of the See also:

• NETHERLANDS

Netherlands . Its provisions were modified from 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 time, but remained practically unchanged from the reign 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 V. onwards . The See also:

• ILL

ill-advised See also:

• ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt of the See also:

• EMPEROR (Fr. empereur, from the Lat. imperator)

emperor See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph II. in his reforming zeal to abrogate the Joyeuse Entree caused a revolt in Brabant, before which he had to yield . See E.Poullet, La Joyeuse entree, ou constitution Brabanconne (1862) .