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Southern
Belgium, showing the early medieval places recorded as being in the Pagus Condrustis and the Falminna (Famenne). The yellow dots are in the Pagus Condrustis (medieval Condroz) and the red stars are in the Famenne. The modern province of Namur is in
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Compared to other parts of
Belgium, the Condroz is a sparsely populated, agricultural area. It consists of low hills of an average altitude of about 200 to 300 meters (670–970 feet). It is mainly situated in the provinces of
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The geographical
Hesbaye region north of the Meuse was divided between the Hesbaye archdeaconry and the neighbouring archdeaconries of Hainaut, Brabant and Condroz. Condroz held the deanery of
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region, which is today considered distinct from the
Condroz, was originally a part of the Condroz. South of the Famenne region is and was rougher and more wooded terrain of the
726:
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started to appear again from 747, in an area consistent with the old country of the
Condrusi mentioned by Caesar. For the Christian church, Condroz was part of the
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west of the Meuse). In at least two significant ways, the late medieval archdeaconry did not correspond to the
Condroz in any geographical sense.
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or geographical region of
Condroz itself, with the inclusion of the deanery of Saint Remacle, which stretched from Liège and
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Historically, the
Condroz did not stretch west of the Meuse, but today there is a western section, south of
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was mentioned as one of only four divisions of the bishopric, along with Lomme, the
Ardennes, and the
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The archdeaconry of
Condroz, like that of Hesbaye, was stretched significantly further west than the
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34:
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granted the "county" of Condroz and the county of the Ardennes to his son
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226:. They fought in the Roman military and could earn Roman citizenship.
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river, into what is now the Belgian region Entre-Sambre-et-Meuse
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Unlike today, the medieval Condroz did not extend west over the
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As a church jurisdiction under Liège, already in about 800 the
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From the fragmentary evidence it is known that citizens of the
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For a listing of churches within this deanery see for example
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Late medieval catholic jurisdictions of Condroz and Famenne
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river, in the east by the Ardennes, in the south by the
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610:"Les pagi de Lomme et de Condroz et leurs subdivisions"
548:"Pagus Condrustis : le Condroz à l'époque romaine"
181:, who lived to their south in the area of what is now
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Condrusi, after whom the region was originally named.
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and also in smaller parts of the Belgian provinces of
303:. In 870 this area was specifically described in the
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To the east, the medieval Condroz stretched over the
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8:
614:Annales de la Société archéologique de Namur
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575:(in German). L. Röhrscheid. p. 105.
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572:Pagus und Comitatus in Niederlothringen
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79:. The region preserves the name of the
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107:. It is bordered in the north by the
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893:Landforms of Luxembourg (Belgium)
16:Natural region of eastern Belgium
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883:Landforms of Hainaut (province)
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23:The natural regions of Belgium
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898:Landforms of Namur (province)
161:Very little is known of the
75:. Its unofficial capital is
888:Landforms of Liège Province
222:, which had its capital in
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858:Natural regions of Belgium
766:Pays Hennuyer et Brabançon
177:, to their north, and the
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38:Sub-regions of the Condroz
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229:In medieval records, the
126:river stretching to the
620:: 1–126, archived from
322:deanery from the Lomme
169:described them and the
173:as living between the
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130:and southern Hainaut.
67:, located between the
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878:Landforms of Wallonia
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138:Further information:
48:French pronunciation:
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908:Carolingian counties
873:Regions of Wallonia
868:Forestry in Belgium
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312:Pagus Condrustinsus
305:Treaty of Meerssen
276:To the south, the
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582:978-3-7928-0457-5
527:river near Dinant
243:Civitas Tungrorum
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29: Condroz
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834:50.3°N 5.0°E
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408:Somme-Leuze
334:in Hesbaye.
286:Carolingian
852:Categories
683:"MGH Ss 1"
628:2020-05-06
533:References
423:Chardeneux
390:near Ciney
369:Chevetogne
345:along the
187:Luxembourg
105:Luxembourg
839:50.3; 5.0
462:Havelange
163:Roman era
128:Thiérache
85:Roman era
791:Ardennes
756:Flanders
509:View at
494:View at
475:View at
456:View at
437:View at
421:View at
404:Nettinne
402:View at
386:View at
367:View at
288:Emperor
282:Ardennes
262:Lommegau
224:Tongeren
189:and the
175:Eburones
140:Condrusi
122:and the
115:region.
81:Condrusi
71:and the
69:Ardennes
61:Wallonia
822:50°18′N
781:Condroz
771:Hesbaye
761:Campine
751:Polders
740:Belgium
496:Andenne
439:Tohogne
316:Hesbaye
278:Famenne
212:of the
210:civitas
195:Germany
191:Moselle
179:Treviri
149:yellow.
134:History
113:Famenne
101:Hainaut
65:Belgium
55:) is a
44:Condroz
825:5°00′E
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511:Dinant
481:Gesves
443:Durbuy
354:Photos
347:Vesdre
332:Hanret
320:Chimay
301:Ourthe
216:, the
214:Tungri
199:France
124:Sambre
27:
903:Ciney
525:Meuse
479:near
477:Mozet
460:near
441:near
406:near
388:Sovet
373:Ciney
371:near
339:pagus
324:pagus
254:Meuse
247:Liège
206:pagus
183:Arlon
171:Segni
120:Namur
109:Meuse
97:Namur
93:Liège
77:Ciney
73:Meuse
577:ISBN
558:: 94
458:Méan
343:Visé
265:(de)
258:(fr)
197:and
103:and
95:and
42:The
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