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The Low Countries (Dutch: de Lage Landen; French: les Pays-Bas), historically also known as the Netherlands (Dutch: de Nederlanden), is a coastal lowland region in Northwestern Europe forming the lower basin of the Rhine–Meuse–Scheldt delta and consisting today of the three modern "Benelux" countries: Belgium, Luxembourg, and the ...
Low Countries, coastal region of northwestern Europe, consisting of Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg. These are together known as the Benelux countries, from the initial letters of their names. The population density of the Low Countries is among the highest in Europe and in the world.
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History of the Low Countries, 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 are today the Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg as well as parts of northern France.
History of the Low Countries - The development of the territorial principalities and the rise of the towns (925–c. 1350): Politically speaking, the period between 925 and about 1350 is characterized by the emergence, growth, and eventual independence of secular and ecclesiastical territorial principalities.
Encyclopedias almanacs transcripts and maps. The Low Countries. views 3,202,908 updated. THE LOW COUNTRIES. W. P. Blockmans. THE POLITICAL AND GEOGRAPHICAL FRAMEWORK. During the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries the Low Countries were gradually united into a dynastic union.
In her book 'Reformation in the Low Countries', American historian Christine Kooi delves into how politicians and Protestants came together in a revolt against the Catholic Habsburg rulers, thus laying the foundation for the Dutch Republic. 400 Years of Dutch-American Stories. history Lauren Lauret. 14 min reading time.
Overview. Like other parts of Continental Europe, the Low Countries are marked in the twentieth century by the two world wars. During World War I, Belgium is the scene of bloody battles between Allied and Axis forces, and during World War II the Low Countries suffer under German occupation.
