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Antwerp History
- It is questionable when the city of Antwerp was actually created, although excavations have proven that there were definitely settlements on the bend in the river Scheldt from the Gallo-Roman period in the 2nd century. The city’s old village was destroyed by the Normans in 836 CE, but proof of Antwerp as a fortified town exists from 980 CE, and over the coming centuries the town expanded to become a thriving, vibrant city. In 1106 the city became part of the Duchy of Brabant. In 1356 the city was annexed to the County of Flanders and consequently lost many privileges as an independent city. In the early 1400s a new wave of political and economic boom and the beginnings of the Golden Age began, making Antwerp a world-renowned centre of prosperity. Antwerp became the most important trading and financial centre in Western Europe, and this was mainly due to its wool market, its central position in the European cloth market and its exceptional docks, which grew to become Brabant’s main port. In approximately 1450, Antwerp now had 20,000 inhabitants, and had become the largest market town in the country of Brabant. Inhabitants of the city at this time include the famous painters Quinten Metsys and Bruegel, the printer Plantijn, and the humanists and scientists Lipsius, Mercator, Dodoens and Ortelius.
This period of prosperity was not to continue, and in the second half of the 16th century the city was the focus of the politico-religious struggle between the protestant factions of the country and their Catholic Spainish rulers. The city suffered terribly during this time with several events being particularly devastating, the iconoclasm in 1566, the Spanish Fury in 1576, and finally the terrible Fall of Antwerp in 1585. After the city admitted defeat the city came under the rule of Philip II, who closed off the city’s access to the Scheldt. This was a huge limiting factor to the city’s economic function, and the city also suffered a major fall in population during this time when many Protestants and members of the business and literary elite fled the city. This was another debilitating blow to the city’s intellectual and financial prosperity.
However the city recovered culturally in the 1600s with the emergence of renowned Flemish artists, such as Rubens, Van Dyck, Jordaens and Teniers, and the sculptor families Quellin and Verbrugghen. The Scheldt remained closed to traffic and Antwerp became a provincial town controlled under Austrian rule from 1715 to1792. Joseph II tried to free the river by military force during this time but was not successful. Later on in 1795, under French occupation, he attempted his rebellion again and succeeded in getting through the French, but this time the ships encountered an English blockade.
After the fall of Napoleon in 1815 at Waterloo, Antwerp underwent a brief reunification with the Northern Netherlands and another short period of prosperity. This all ended with the 1830 Belgian Revolution, which was to result in the country becoming an independent state. During the war the river Scheldt was closed once again. It was reopened permanently in 1863, and apart from ructions caused by the two world wars, Antwerp had experienced steady economic growth throughout the twentieth century. Its importance as one of the major art cities of Europe was confirmed in 1993 when Antwerp was nominated Cultural Capital of Europe. Today the city is a buzzing, lively cultural city, with a prosperous financial and economic market, which benefits immensely from its diamond trade.
