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1134-1482

(Tentative Period)

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History

Rise

• 1134, storm surge that made Bruges accessible through the Zwin inlet

Decline

• 1482, death of Marie de Bourgogne
• 1486, crowning of Maximilian I von Habsburg
• 1488, Maximilian kidnapped and emprisoned in Bruges
• 1493-1519, true reign of Maximilian over Flanders, marked by permanent Flemish revolt
• Bloccade of the port of Brugge in those years, and Maximilaan ordered foreign nations to leave Brugge
• Silting of the access to the port of Bruges.

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Population Facts

(source: '1979: Inventaris van het cultuurbezit in België', ed. Suzanne van Aerschot)

• Around 1250: 40,000-45,000 residents
• Around 1620: 27,000 residents
• Around 1665: 38,000 residents
• Around 1840: 50,000 residents
• Today: 20,163 residents

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Protagonists

Business & Politics

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Art

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Immigrants

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Emigrants

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