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Sluis

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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.
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. 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.
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. 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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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.
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.
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.
 
 
 
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