(the) Low Countries

(the) Low Countries
the Low Countries UK [ˈləʊ ˌkʌntriz] US [ˈloʊ ˌkʌntriz] noun [plural] old-fashioned
the part of Europe that consists of the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg
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  • Mythology of the Low Countries — The folklore of the Low Countries (The Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg [Meijer, 1971.] ) has its roots in the mythologies of pre Christian Gaulish (Gallo Roman) and Germanic cultures, predating the region s Christianization by the Franks… …   Wikipedia

  • Art of the Low Countries — Jan van Eyck, The Arnolfini Portrait, National Gallery, London. History of Dutch and Flemish painting Early Netherlandish  (1400–1500) …   Wikipedia

  • Renaissance in the Low Countries — Renaissance Topics …   Wikipedia

  • City rights in the Low Countries — City rights are a medieval phenomenon in the history of the Low Countries. A liegelord, usually a count, duke or similar member of high nobility, granted a settlement he owned certain town privileges that settlements without city rights did not… …   Wikipedia

  • Folklore of the Low Countries — Netherlandish Proverbs, by artist Pieter Brueghel the Elder 1559, with peasant scenes illustrating over 100 proverbs Folklore of the Low Countries, often just referred to as Dutch folklore, includes the epics, legends, fairy tales and oral… …   Wikipedia

  • List of stadtholders for the Low Countries provinces — List of stadtholders for the Low Countries provinces. =Stadtholders of Holland, Zealand and Utrecht= The stadtholdership of Holland and Zealand has always been combined. Since the office was instituted there in 1528, the stadtholder of Utrecht… …   Wikipedia

  • Low Countries — the lowland region near the North Sea, forming the lower basin of the Rhine, Meuse, and Scheldt rivers, divided in the Middle Ages into numerous small states: corresponding to modern Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands. * * * Coastal region …   Universalium

  • Low Countries, history of — Introduction       history of the Low Countries from prehistoric times to 1579.       For historical purposes, the name Low Countries is generally understood to include the territory of what is today The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, as… …   Universalium

  • Low Countries — For information about the confusion beetween the Low Countries and the Netherlands, see Netherlands (terminology). The Low Countries as seen from space The Low Countries (Dutch: De Lage Landen) are the historical lands around the low lying delta… …   Wikipedia

  • Low Countries — Low Low (l[=o]), a. [Compar. {Lower} (l[=o] [ e]r); superl. {Lowest}.] [OE. low, louh, lah, Icel. l[=a]gr; akin to Sw. l[*a]g, Dan. lav, D. laag, and E. lie. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] [1913 Webster] 1. Occupying an inferior position or place;… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Low Countries — noun The countries on low lying land around the delta of the Rhine, Scheldt, and Meuse (Maas) rivers …   Wiktionary

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