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1. "My brother was King Harold, the one who was defeated at Hastings. My father was his main baron, Earl Godwin. After my mother's death, I fled to France and then to Bruges in Flanders. What is my name?"
2. "Though many think of me as a 'church reformer'and a 'heretic', I occasionally was the trusted messenger of my King, first Edward III and later Richard II. In 1374 I was even sent to Bruges to negotiate on a mission connected with a dispute with the Papacy. Who am I? "
3. "I was a King from the House of York, and by no means a Lancastrian. My coat of arms now hangs in 'Our Lady's Church' and also in the 'Saint Saviour's Cathedral' at Bruges. I came here to negotiate the marriage of my sister who later was to be called Margaret of Burgundy, the mother of Mary of Burgundy. On the occasion of my visit I was made a Member of the Order of the Golden Fleece. To reward my local host, Louis of Gruuthuse, I made him Count of Winchester. He in turn donated a collection of Burgundian manuscripts to me, which now are among the treasures of the British Library. Who was I?"
4. "My brother was a King; my husband was a Duke. I feature as Saint Barbara in Memlinc's 'Mystic Marriage of Catherine' which can be seen in St. John's Hospital. My wedding took place at Damme near Bruges on 3 July 1468. William Caxton was my secretary. Hugo van der Goes the painter who contributed to the wedding decorations. My daughter married Maximilian of Habsburg. What was my name?"
5. "I started my career in Bruges as a Merchant Adventurer, probably in the 'English quarter' near 'Engelse Straat'. Discovered the art of printing at Cologne in Germany. Back in Bruges, I soon learned that you grew richer by printing books than by copying manuscripts. Returned to my home-country and set up a press at Westminster; the Canterbury Tales were among my first commercial successes. What's my name?"
6. "After studying law in London, I made a political career. In 1515 I visited Bruges to discuss the privileges of the English Merchant colony. However, for the publication of my 'Nowhere-land' book, I relied on the services of the printers and publishers of my friend Erasmus's University Town, Louvain. Later I even became Chancellor of England, but that did me little good. Who am I? "
7. "My wife was Catherine of Braganza. I lived in Bruges from 22 April 1656 to 15th of March,1659, first at the Oude Burg, then at the Hoogstraat. I became a member of the city's archery guilds. My return to Britain implied that England stopped being a republic. Who am I? "
8. "I was a Poet Laureate, made fun of the 'famous victory' by the Duke of Marlborough in the Battle of Blenheim, (wasn't it a bloody slaughter..), in 1816 I travelled in a barge on the new canal between Bruges and Ghent, and expressed the wish that the Flemish town of Bruges might be given: 'what fate denies to man, ... a second spring'! Who was I?"
9. "Just as my British fellow-artists and poets William Morris and Dante Gabriel Rosetti, I admired the Van Eycks and the Memlincs in Bruges. As a poet I wrote romantic lines about Bruges' past, its belfy and its carillon. But I also wrote famous lines about Hiawatha and other Native Americans. Who was I?"
10. "After World War II- in which I played a major role - the voters gave me some time to relax. This gave me the opportunity to come to Bruges, paint the canals and the beguinage, and prepare my come-back in British politics. Who was I? "
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