A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . confirmed. The treaty of the Barriers marked the lowestebb of Belgian nationality. During the protractedwar which preceded it, complete anarchy reigned,imperialists, the allied conference, MaximilianEmmanuel and the French administering variousparts of the country. The great nation raised inthe heart of Europe by the dukes of Burgundyseemed practically annihilated, but the peoplehad retained, in spite of aU reverses and tribula-tions, the memory of their past, and, from the 244 BELGIUM very depth of their misery, evolved a new s
A history of Belgium from the Roman invasion to the present day . confirmed. The treaty of the Barriers marked the lowestebb of Belgian nationality. During the protractedwar which preceded it, complete anarchy reigned,imperialists, the allied conference, MaximilianEmmanuel and the French administering variousparts of the country. The great nation raised inthe heart of Europe by the dukes of Burgundyseemed practically annihilated, but the peoplehad retained, in spite of aU reverses and tribula-tions, the memory of their past, and, from the 244 BELGIUM very depth of their misery, evolved a new strengthand reasserted their right to Uve, in spite of theattitude of all European Powers, which seemed,at the time, to consider their nationality as non-existent. We are reduced to the last extremity, wrotethe States of Brabant to Charles II in 1691, we are exhausted to the last substance by longand costly wars, and we can only present yourMajesty with our infirmities, our wounds and ourcries of sorrow. ,^ cc 3 Ifi ^ f ^. ^,- l< ?U 3 . X 1 -. D ^\ _1 S CHAPTER XXI THE OSTEND COMPANY The Austrian regime is characterized by a returnto more peaceful conditions, since, with the ex-ception of the period of 1740 to 1748, the countrywas not directly affected by European any rule, this period of peace must havebeen marked by an economic renaissance ina country disposing of such natural riches asthe Southern provinces. The Austrian governorsencouraged this movement, as the archdukes hadencouraged it before, but, like them, they wereunable to deliver the country from its economicbondage, as far as foreign trade was maritime countries had made stringent con-ditions on the cession of the Southern Nether-lands to the Austrian dynasty. The treatiesstipulated that the loyal subjects of his ImperialMajesty could neither buy nor sell without theconsent of their neighbours. During the lastyears of the Spanish regime, a small group ofOstend merchants had chart
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