Belgium: From the Roman Invasion to the Present Day

Chapter 4

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REGNER LONG NECK 52 Policy of the Lotharingian princes--Influence of the German bishops--Alliance with Flanders against the Emperor--Decadence of the central power--Religious reform of Gerard de Brogne--The Clunisians and the struggle for the investitures--The first crusade.