The Flemish Influence on the American Pilgrims - Part 4
From the desk of David Baeckelandt on Thu, 2009-08-20 11:38
A 1606 reprint of Mercator's map of West Flanders, the source of the spark of the Protestant Dutch Revolt
Recap of Earlier “The Flemish Influence on the Pilgrims” Blog Postings
In my earlier postings, Part 1, Part 2, & Part 3, we saw that from the time Flemings stormed across the English Channel as the largest component of William the Conqueror’s Invasion Force in 1066 up to the birth of the first Pilgrims in the late 16th century Flemings in the British Isles came, saw, influenced, and assimilated. The steady influx of Flemings to the British Isles in every subsequent century earned for the Flemish William Caxton’s classification by the 16th century as one of the ‘seven races of England’.
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