In spite of Sultan Mehmed the Conqueror’s glorious assaults on, and Emperor Constantine XI’s heroic defence of the proud walls of Constantinople, the 1453 siege, conquest and fall of the ...read more
In de zomer van 1561 werd door de Antwerpse rederijkerskamer De Violieren de grootste literaire manifestatie uit de geschiedenis van de Nederlanden georganiseerd. Dit ‘landjuweel’ is al 450 jaar lang ...read more
In 1448 Pieter Bladelin, treasurer of the Dukes of Burgundy (Filips the Good and Charles the Bad) and treasurer of the Order of the Golden Fleece, started building the town of ...read more