A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . DBATH OP MARGARET OF AUSTRIA I 53 to Burgundy, while Francis gave up all claimson the Netherlands and recognized Charlesssovereignty over Artois, Flanders, Cambrai andTournaisis. By inducing the two rivals to recog-nize the established position and to renounceancient dynastic claims on each others domains,Margaret hoped to ensure a long peace for thegreater benefit of the Netherlands. The finalrenunciation of France of her rights over her oldfiefs was bound also to consolidate Belgian unity,the link binding the provinces to the
A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . DBATH OP MARGARET OF AUSTRIA I 53 to Burgundy, while Francis gave up all claimson the Netherlands and recognized Charlesssovereignty over Artois, Flanders, Cambrai andTournaisis. By inducing the two rivals to recog-nize the established position and to renounceancient dynastic claims on each others domains,Margaret hoped to ensure a long peace for thegreater benefit of the Netherlands. The finalrenunciation of France of her rights over her oldfiefs was bound also to consolidate Belgian unity,the link binding the provinces to the Empire beingpurely nominal. Thus, after a struggle of sevenhundred years, the Western Netherlands werefinally detached from France. In order to cele-brate the event, Lancelot Blondeel designed themonumental mantelpiece in carved wood whichmay still be admired, in the Palace of Justiceof Bruges, and where the victorious emperor isrepresented having, on one side, Ferdinand andIsabella, and on the other, Maximilian and Maryof Burgundy, his maternal and paternal an
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