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See also:MALINES (Flemish, Mechelen, called in the See also:middle ages by the Latin name Mechlinia, whence the spelling Mechlin) , an See also:ancient and important See also:city of See also:Belgium, and the seat since 1559 of the only archbishopric in that See also:country. Pop. (1904), 58,Io1. The name is supposed to be derived from See also:maris Linea, and to indicate that originally the See also:sea came up to it. It is now situated on the Dyle, and is in the See also:province of See also:Antwerp, lying about See also:half-way between Antwerp and See also:Brussels. The See also:chief importance of Malines is derived from the fact that it is in a sense the religious See also:capital of Belgium—the See also:archbishop being the See also:primate of the See also:Catholic See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church in that country. The archbishop's See also:palace is in a picturesque situation, and See also:dates from the creation of the dignity. The See also:principal See also:building in the city is the exceedingly See also:fine See also:cathedral dedicated to St Rombaut. This cathedral was begun in the 12th and finished See also:early in the 14th See also:century, and although modified in the 15th after a See also:fire, it remains one of the most remarkable specimens of See also:Gothic See also:architecture in See also:Europe. The massive See also:tower of over 300 ft., which is described as unfinished because the See also:original intention was to carry it to 500 ft., is its most striking See also:external feature. The See also:people of Malines gained in the old distich—" gaudet Mechlinia stultis "—the reputation of being " See also:fools," because one of the citizens on seeing the See also:- MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
- MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)
moon through the See also:dormer windows of St Rombaut called out that the See also:place was on fire, and his See also:fellow-citizens, following his example, endeavoured to put out the conflagration until they realized the truth. The cathedral contains a fine See also:altar-piece by See also:Van Dyck, and the See also:pulpit is in carved See also:oak of the 17th century. Another old palace is that of See also:Margaret of See also:Austria, See also:regent for See also:Charles V., which has been carefully preserved and is now used as a See also:court of See also:justice. In the church of Notre See also:Dame (16th century) is See also:Rubens' masterpiece " the miraculous See also:draught of fishes," and in that of St See also:John is a fine See also:triptych by the same See also:master. Malines, although no longer famous for its See also:lace, carries on a large See also:trade in See also:linen, needles, See also:furniture and oil, while as a junction for the See also:line from See also:Ghent to See also:Louvain and See also:Liege, as well as for that from Antwerp to Brussels and the See also:south, its station is one of the busiest in Belgium, and this fact has contributed to the See also:general prosperity of the city.
The lordship of Malines was conferred as a See also:separate See also:fief by See also:Pippin the See also:Short on his kinsman See also:Count Adon in 754. In the 9th century Charles the Bald bestowed the fief on the See also:bishop of Liege, and after being shared between See also:Brabant and See also:Flanders it passed into the hands of See also:- PHILIP
- PHILIP (Gr.'FiXtrsro , fond of horses, from dn)^eiv, to love, and limos, horse; Lat. Philip pus, whence e.g. M. H. Ger. Philippes, Dutch Filips, and, with dropping of the final s, It. Filippo, Fr. Philippe, Ger. Philipp, Sp. Felipe)
- PHILIP, JOHN (1775-1851)
- PHILIP, KING (c. 1639-1676)
- PHILIP, LANOGRAVE OF HESSE (1504-1567)
Philip the Bold, founder of the See also:house of See also:Burgundy, in 1384. During the religious troubles of the 16th century Malines suffered greatly, and in 1572 it was sacked by See also:Alva's troops during three days. In the See also:wars of the 17th and 18th centuries it was besieged many times and captured by the See also:French, Dutch and See also:English on several occasions: The French finally removed the fortifications in 1804, since which See also:year it has been an open See also:town.
End of Article: MALINES (Flemish, Mechelen, called in the middle ages by the Latin name Mechlinia, whence the spelling Mechlin)
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