Fleming and Walloon, members of the two predominant cultural and linguistic groups of modern Belgium. The Flemings, who constitute more than half of the Belgian population, speak Dutch (sometimes called Netherlandic), or Belgian Dutch (also called Flemish by English-speakers), and live mainly in the north and west.

07/11/2019 · Nevertheless, there is sufficient evidence to conclude that there were Flemish immigrants in West Wales who maintained their Flemish identity for several hundred years, so much so that the area is sometimes referred to nowadays as Klein Vlaanderen (‘Little Flanders’) beyond Wales. While they were not entirely welcome by local people, their hard work and skills …

Flemish people. The Flemish or Flemings (Vlamingen ) are a West Germanic ethnic group native to Flanders, in modern Belgium, who speak Flemish Dutch. Wikipedia. Dutch people (Dutch: ) or the Dutch, are a West Germanic ethnic group and nation native to the Netherlands. They share a common ancestry and culture and speak the Dutch language.

Answer (1 of 4): Where were the Flemish people during the Anglo-Dutch War in the 16th century? Nowhere. There was no Anglo-Dutch War in the 16th century. There were three in the 17th century, but I have never heard of an Anglo-Dutch War in the 16th century. In …

29/04/2019 · We start with the skilled Flemish workers who were able to build a new life in England. In the eleventh century Flemish migrants left for England to escape large-scale flooding in Flanders. In the late Middle Ages, many of the ‘wool churches’ in the East of England, so called because they were financed by profits from the wool trade, were constructed with the help of …