Wealthy medieval Low Countries county; Ghent, Bruges, and Ypres made it the most economically powerful region in Northern Europe during the Middle Ages.
Officially ceased to exist in 1795 when it was annexed by Revolutionary France and divided into the departments of Lys and Escaut, following a process of absorption into Burgundian then Habsburg hands beginning in 1369.
The atlas holds 6 border frames for County of Flanders — the shape you scrub through changes in 866 · 987 · 1183 · 1240 · 1581 · 1766.
Comprehensive scholarly history of the county covering politics, economy, and society of medieval Flanders; Longman. Confirmed via AbeBooks, Routledge/Longman catalogue, and Amazon.
Conscience's novel dramatizes the County of Flanders' 1302 victory at the Battle of the Golden Spurs, considered Belgium/Flanders' foundational national novel.