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ROULERS (Flemish Roeselaere)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 771 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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ROULERS (Flemish Roeselaere)  , a
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town of
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Belgium, in the
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province of
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West
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Flanders, 13 M . N.W. of Courtrai . Pop . (1904) 24,548 . It is one of the
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oldest communes in Belgium, and was famous for its weavers in the 11th and 12th centuries . Its prosperity depends on the cultivation of
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flax and the manufacture of
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linen . The
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church of St
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Michael is remarkable for its lofty
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tower .
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Baldwin VIII.,
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count of Flanders, died here in 1120, and in 1794 the
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French under
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Pichegru defeated the Austrians under
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Clerfayt .

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