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Duelling in the Dunes. When Tourists Fought in Flanders
9 September 2021
In the 19th century, a very particular kind of tourist came to Flanders: foreigners looking for a quiet place to fight. They came to settle debts of honour out of the public eye, and to avoid the increasing prohibitions on duelling in their home countries. Any trouble with the Belgian authorities co
The Field of the Cloth of Gold: When Kings Dressed to Impress for Peace Negotiations
5 June 2020
In the midst of Brexit negotiations, we commemorate the five hundredth anniversary of “the first European summit.” In 1520, a temporary city suddenly emerged in the countryside near Calais. The English King Henry VIII and his French rival, King Francis I, met for diplomatic consultations, which