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Een nieuwe rol

Un nouveau role

A new role

Onder de Bourgondische vorsten werd Ieper een grensstad met Frankrijk. De aarden wallen werden vervangen door stenen muren. Toen het werk af was, bleken ze echter niet bestand tegen de nieuwe vuurwapens. De muren werden

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e w firearms. So the towers were cut to the level of the walls which received a substantial earthen backing while a number of primitive outworks were constructed. In 1559 Ypres received the see of a bishop and many cloisters and convents were constructed in town. During this period of religious wars, Ypres became for a short while a Calvinist republic. In 1582 Alexander Farnese retook the city for Spain.