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Flemish people or Flemings (Dutch: Vlamingen [ˈvlaːmɪŋə(n)] ⓘ) are a Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. Flemish people make up the majority of Belgians, at about 60%. Flemish was historically a geographical term, as all inhabitants of the medieval County of Flanders in modern-day Belgium, France ...
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Flemish may refer to: Flemish, adjective for Flanders, Belgium; Flemish region, one of the three regions of Belgium; Flemish Community, one of the three constitutionally defined language communities of Belgium; Flemish dialects, a Dutch dialect cluster spoken in Flanders; Flemish people or Flemings, inhabitants of Flanders
In modern history, Brussels has been the major town or the capital of the region. Because of long Spanish and minor French rule, French became the sole official language . After a brief period with Dutch as the official language while the region was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands , the people reinstated French after achieving ...
The political history of these continental Saxons is unclear until the 8th century and the conflict between their semi-legendary hero Widukind and the Frankish emperor Charlemagne. They do not appear to have been politically united until about the generations leading up to that conflict, and before then they were reportedly ruled by regional ...
Mosan art, Early Netherlandish painting, [1] the Flemish Renaissance, and Baroque painting [2] are milestones in the history of art. While 15th-century art in the Low Countries is dominated by the religious paintings of Jan van Eyck and Rogier van der Weyden , the 16th century is characterised by a broader panel of styles such as Peter Brueghel ...
The term Flemish itself has become ambiguous. Nowadays, it is used in at least five ways, depending on the context. These include: An indication of Dutch written and spoken in Flanders including the Dutch standard language as well as the non-standardized dialects, including intermediate forms between vernacular dialects and the standard.