Brussel

Brussel developed from the 11th century onwards into one the main towns of the duchy of Brabant; from 1350 the dukes of Brabant resided there. From 1406 it belonged to the dukes of Burgund.

Up to 1559 part of the diocese of Cambrai.

Churches

* Goedelekerk (originally Michaelskerk), chapter church, at present cathedral
* Claraklooster, Clarissen-Urbanisten
* Zevenborren, Augustinian canons of the Kapittel van Windesheim

The surroundings of the town

* Abbaye de Villers, cistercians
* Rooklooster, Augustinians
* Notre Dame de Grâce, Carthusians
* Koudenberg (near Brussel), proosdij St Jacobs: B-Br, IV 594, Benedictionale, late 15th century (Aanw. 1969-1973, nr 56)
* Vilvoorde, Carmelietessenklooster (Carmelite nuns)

Literature

* Pl. Lefèvre: L'organisation ecclésiastique de la Ville de Bruxelles au Moyen Age (Leuven 1942)
* Haggh: Music, liturgy and ceremony in Brussels

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