The hereditary principalities of Flanders Hainaut Artois Namur Brabant Limburg Antwerp and Malines were established in the Middle Ages The geographical divisions of these feudal states with the Prince-Bishopric of Liege were subjected to little change throughout succeeding centuries and form the framework of the present-day kingdom of Belgium When we read the romantic story of the Belgian countships duchies and baronies we discover how large a pa...