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History of urban centres in the Low Countries

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The end of the Golden Age saw Amsterdam diminish to the same level of economic importance as Antwerp. The latter had barely been able to establish itself as the main centre of trade in the Southern Netherlands, continually under pressure from Western Europe's new powerhouses: the much larger cities
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and their immediate surroundings. The boom was relatively short-lived, as merchants from Holland, Flanders and England were ultimately successful at breaking into the Baltic trade themselves, ending the Hanseatic monopoly which had earned its members their wealth. Because of the comparatively short
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From around the 10th century, mainly due to population growth and improved infrastructure, a greater number of larger settlements began to appear. Around the 11th century, some of these towns began to form networks of urban centres. In the Low Countries these appeared in 3 regions; at first in the
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The first large settlements arose around (the ruins of) these Castra and Castellum. Very little is known about these settlements, apart from archeological remains, as there was little literacy at the time. Based on archeological evidence, together with sparsely preserved written text it is thought
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In the 13th century the cities of Holland were less advanced than either their eastern or Flemish counterparts; for most of the 14th and 15th centuries the cities of Holland performed the role of intermediary between Flanders and trading partners oversees. Eventually they formed the bulk of the
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in the East. Towns located in the centre of the Low Countries were able to profit from the urban networks of both Flanders and Holland, without developing regional urban networks of their own. In the northern Low Countries, however, such as
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In the East of the Low Countries, a number of towns aligned themselves with the Hanseatic cities that controlled the trade in and around the Baltic Sea. This resulted in a sudden economic boom for these cities, principally
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The centralisation of France and England, the Dutch Republic's main economic competitors, as well as their access to larger amounts of raw materials and far larger manpower reserve, marked the slow decline of the
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in 47 AD. The border was protected with fortresses and the Low Countries became the outer provinces of the empire, situated near the Roman-Germanic border. Probably because of the (founded) fear of
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time of economic prosperity, these cities are notably smaller than for example the Flemish cities, and after Holland rose to economic supremacy around 1600, they found themselves in the
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in Utrecht and from there he converted some Frisians to Christianity, laying the basis for the city to become a major ecclesiastical centre in the Low Countries.
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From around 1500 onwards two trade hubs started to emerge which for the first time truly dominated the entirety of the Low Countries. The first was
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makes an excellent port for the Dutch merchant fleet; which during the 17th century is the world's largest, and is the principal seat of the
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transport fleet sailing to Bruges and Ghent, which earned them considerable wealth and led to further expansion. It was not until the
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Map of the interlocking river systems and commercial cities in the Southern Netherlands all leading to the entrepot of Antwerp.
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international economy – something Bruges had never been even at its height." Antwerp's "Golden Age" was tightly linked to the "
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Content in this edit is translated from the existing Dutch Knowledge article at ]; see its history for attribution.
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Following the loss of the Southern Netherlands to the Spanish, and the mass influx of Southern Dutch refugees,
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that either city would again experience substantial growth. The post-war Netherlands saw the formation of the
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County of Flanders in the South, then followed by the County of Holland in the North and Northern
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are agglomerating, as they are fuelling the hinterland: Germany's newly formed industries in the
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and colonies) were extremely sparse, and Roman presence was mainly limited to three
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By 1500 these cities had lost their leading position within the Low Countries to
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by the 15th century CE. As such, this article covers the development of
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Antwerp: the economic centre of the Low Countries; c. 1540.
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