10-07-2005, 01:47 PM
Hi Uwe,
Well, that's what a 15th century chronicle also claims, but Brabant (part of the Low Countries in the Middle-Ages, now divided into three parts: Vlaams-Brabant and Waals-Brabant in Belgium and Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands) has its name derived from the pagus Bracba(n)tensis (origin: 7th century), which consisted of 4 counties, in the west of what in the 11th century became Brabant.
More information here:
[url:n1iu9nah]http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/encyclopedie/NL/Hertogdom_Brabant[/url]
And this concludes today's history class :wink:
Greets,
Hans
Quote:Just a thought: maybe the name 'Brabant' derived from this legendary man?
Well, that's what a 15th century chronicle also claims, but Brabant (part of the Low Countries in the Middle-Ages, now divided into three parts: Vlaams-Brabant and Waals-Brabant in Belgium and Noord-Brabant in the Netherlands) has its name derived from the pagus Bracba(n)tensis (origin: 7th century), which consisted of 4 counties, in the west of what in the 11th century became Brabant.
More information here:
[url:n1iu9nah]http://www.mijnwoordenboek.nl/encyclopedie/NL/Hertogdom_Brabant[/url]
And this concludes today's history class :wink:
Greets,
Hans
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