Arteveld

[ ahr-tuh-velt ]

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Ja·cob van [yah, -kawp vahn], 1290?–1345, Flemish statesman.
his son Phi·lip van [fee, -lip vahn], 1340?–82, Flemish revolutionist and political leader.

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Arteveld was murdered in 1345 during the civil discord which prevailed in Flanders throughout the earlier part of the Hundred Years' War.

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Atton, forfeiture of fief, 227-228.Arnold of Bonneval, 251.Arpent, a land measure, 129.Arras, treaty of, 439.Arteveld,

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Arteveld was rash enough to meet them in the open field at Roosebeke, between Courtrai and Ghent, in 1382, and fell with 25,000 Flemings.

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James Van Arteveld, a brewer of Ghent, convinced the people that it was better to get rid of the count, and ally themselves with the English.

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