@inbook{d931daf2411e469f813e1425bbed18c4,
title = "{"}Flandria Illustrata{"} – Flemish Identities in the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period",
abstract = "This chapter discusses identity formation in early modern Flanders. It argues that policy makers and their intellectual agents transformed the perception of a province that had been divided by urban rivalries, civil war and conflicts with the Burgundian and Habsburg overlords, into a bastion of the Catholic Counter Reformation with strong ties to the Spanish King and his representatives. It then assesses the role of the province as a {\textquoteleft}border region{\textquoteright} and suggests a future research agenda to understand further the role of Flanders and its political elite in the Habsburg Empire.",
author = "R.M. Esser",
year = "2011",
language = "English",
isbn = "978-88-8492-807-8",
series = "Cliohworld Readers",
publisher = "Pisa University Press",
number = "VIII",
pages = "213 -- 232",
editor = "Ellis, {Steven G.} and Iakovos Michailidis",
booktitle = "Regional and Transnational History in Europe",
}