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Sluis (slois), municipality, Zeeland prov., SW Netherlands, on the Scheldt estuary, near the Belgian border. Sluis was founded in the 13th cent. and later accorded trading privileges to the Hanseatic League Hanseatic League , mercantile league of medieval German towns. It was amorphous in character; its origin cannot be dated exactly. Originally a Hansa was a company of merchants trading with foreign lands.
..... Click the link for more information. . In 1340, Edward III of England defeated the fleet of Philip VI of France off nearby Terneuzen in the first important engagement of the Hundred Years War Hundred Years War, 1337–1453, conflict between England and France. Causes

Its basic cause was a dynastic quarrel that originated when the conquest of England by William of Normandy created a state lying on both sides of the English Channel.
..... Click the link for more information. . Sluis fell to the Spanish in 1587 and was recovered by the Dutch in 1604. It subsequently lost importance as a port. It is also known by its French name, L'Écluse. The Dutch name was formerly spelled Sluys.

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No references found	Our Supersaver break also includes excursions to Bruges - one of Europe's loveliest and best preserved medieval towns, Ypres in Flaunders and Sluis in Holland. Discover the unique character of Belgian sun spots; TELEGRAPH READER ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England) NEWMARKET PROMOTIONS ABTA NO V787X OSTEND AND BRUGES FREE BAR SUPERSAVER FOUR DAYS DEPARTING AUGUST 21, SEPTEMBER 18, OCTOBER 30 AND NOVEMBER 7, 13, 2009 PRICE FROM pounds 249 Included in the price: Return coach travel from Birmingham, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield; Return Channel crossings; Three nights' bed and breakfast, staying in a good quality hotel, in a twin room; Free bar on one night; Two evening dinners in the hotel; Excursions to Bruges, Ypres and Sluis. Trips designed with our readers in mind by Birmingham Mail (England) On the 12th of October 1492 Philip of Cleves, who had made Sluis into a base that could not be captured, accepted a favourable treaty (the "treaty of Sluis") to lay down his arms. Factionalism and state power in the Flemish Revolt (1482-1492) by Haemers, Jelle / Journal of Social History	Sludge Pump Sludge, Mr. sludged blood sludging Sludskii, Fedor Sludskii, Fedor Alekseevich sluff Slug slug bit slug flow SLUG junction slug tuner slug tuning slugging Sluice sluice box Sluice Boxes State Park sluice gate sluice tender Sluice, Regulator sluicegate Sluicing sluicing pond Sluijters, Jan sluing arch Sluis slum slum clearance slump slump ball slump basin slump bedding slump block slump cone slump fault slump fold slump mold slump overfold slump scarp slump sheet slump structure slump test Slump-Scars Slunchev Briag Slupsk slur Slurk, Mr. slurp slurry slurry bed reactor slurry bedding	Sluice gate sluice gates sluice gates sluice out sluice tender sluice valve sluice valve sluice valve Sluice, Regulator sluiced sluiced sluiced sluicegate sluicegate sluices sluices sluices sluiceway sluiceway sluiceways sluiceways sluicing sluicing sluicing sluicing pond Sluicy Sluijters, Jan Sluikhandel sluing sluing arch Sluis sluit sluits Sluk slum slum slum Slum Aid Project slum area Slum clearance Slum clearance Slum clearance Slum clearance Slum clearance Slum dweller Slum dweller Slum dweller Slum housing Slum housing Slum housing slum it slum it slum it Slum lord Slum Rehabilitation Authority slum schools SLUMA slumber slumber slumber slumber

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Our Supersaver break also includes excursions to Bruges - one of Europe's loveliest and best preserved medieval towns, Ypres in Flaunders and Sluis in Holland.

Discover the unique character of Belgian sun spots; TELEGRAPH READER ... by Coventry Evening Telegraph (England)

NEWMARKET PROMOTIONS ABTA NO V787X OSTEND AND BRUGES FREE BAR SUPERSAVER FOUR DAYS DEPARTING AUGUST 21, SEPTEMBER 18, OCTOBER 30 AND NOVEMBER 7, 13, 2009 PRICE FROM pounds 249 Included in the price: Return coach travel from Birmingham, Solihull and Sutton Coldfield; Return Channel crossings; Three nights' bed and breakfast, staying in a good quality hotel, in a twin room; Free bar on one night; Two evening dinners in the hotel; Excursions to Bruges, Ypres and Sluis.

Trips designed with our readers in mind by Birmingham Mail (England)

On the 12th of October 1492 Philip of Cleves, who had made Sluis into a base that could not be captured, accepted a favourable treaty (the "treaty of Sluis") to lay down his arms.

Factionalism and state power in the Flemish Revolt (1482-1492) by Haemers, Jelle / Journal of Social History