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<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">From: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe"><span class="EP8xU" style="color: rgb(0, 104, 28);">Roger Thijs, Euro-Support, Inc.</span> <span class="lDACoc"><<a href="mailto:roger.thijs@euro-support.be">roger.thijs@euro-support.be</a>></span></span><br style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">Subject: </span><span style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;" class="HcCDpe">LL-L History<br><br></span><div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;">
<font size="2">Whike cleaning up my library I found a little book about
Flemish pilgrimages.</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">It is a collection of different articles plublished by Antoon
Viaene (1900-1979) and it focusses especially on pilgrimages imposed by local
courts (so they all have a fixed redemption value). I have read somewhere (and
seen on TV) that this practice is still incidentally imposed by French
courts as alternative task punishment for youngsters, in the form
of a supervised hiking tour, taking several weeks, to Compostela
in Spanish Galicia.</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Viaene focusses on Flemish local court rulings (Flemish in a
narrow sence: it refers to the old County of Flanders) in the late middle ages.
Although some of the articles overlap, I found these three concerning places in
our lowlands area:</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="5">Lübeck</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil075.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil075.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil076.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil076.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil077.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil077.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil078.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil078.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil079.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil079.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><font size="5">Wilsnack</font><em><font size="5"> </font>(in
Brandenburg, is this still linguistically lowlandic Ron?)</em></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil101.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil101.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil102.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil102.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil103.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil103.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil104.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil104.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil105.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil105.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil106.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil106.jpg</a>
</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil107.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil107.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil108.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil108.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil109.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil109.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil110.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil110.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil111.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil111.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil112.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil112.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="5">Saint Andrews </font><font size="2"><em>(In
Schotland)</em></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil148.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil148.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil149.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil149.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil150.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil150.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil151.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil151.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil152.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil152.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil153.jpg" target="_blank">http://www.euro-support.be/temp/pil153.jpg</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">It is scanned from:</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Antoon Viaene, <strong>Vlaamse pelgrimstochten</strong>, een
verzameling opstellen over bedevaarten en bedevaarders vanuit Vlaanderen in de
late middeleeuwen,</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">1982, Brugge, Gidsenbond, No ISBN (1500 copies printed), xxv +
280 + ix pp.</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">It is in Dutch with quotations in "Dutch of the
time"..</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Some names appear in their Flemish form, as e.g.
Kantelberg for Canterbury.</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Some relevant links:</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%BCbeck" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lübeck</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.luebeck.de/" target="_blank">http://www.luebeck.de/</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilsnack" target="_blank">http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilsnack</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.amt-badwilsnack-weisen.de/" target="_blank">http://www.amt-badwilsnack-weisen.de/</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.wilsnack.de/" target="_blank">http://www.wilsnack.de/</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrews" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Andrews</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Andrews" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bishop_of_St_Andrews</a> </font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://www.standrews.co.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.standrews.co.uk/</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">A famous pilgrimage site in Northern Belgium still is
<strong>Scherpenheuvel</strong>:</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherpenheuvel-Zichem" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherpenheuvel-Zichem</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherpenheuvel" target="_blank">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherpenheuvel</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherpenheuvel-Zichem" target="_blank">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scherpenheuvel-Zichem</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Typical food sold at the tourist boots in Scherpenheuvel
is<strong> pepernoot</strong></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepernoot" target="_blank">http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepernoot</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">a kind of ginger nut with a strong anise
flavouring.</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">The word even exists in Spanish:</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2"><a href="http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepernoot" target="_blank">http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pepernoot</a></font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Regards,</font></div>
<div style="font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"><font size="2">Roger<br><br>----------<br><br></font>From: R. F. Hahn <<a href="mailto:sassisch@yahoo.com" target="_blank">sassisch@yahoo.com</a>><br>Subject: History<br>
<br>Thanks, dear Roger!<br><br>Doesn't this have "Travel's article" written all over it? 8-)<br><br><a href="http://lowlands-l.net/travels/">http://lowlands-l.net/travels/</a><br><br>Regards,<br>Reinhard/Ron<br>
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