Now a fairytale destination that should be on everyone’s bucket lists, Bruges was once a bustling commercial centre and the home of painter Jan Van Eyck. As you wander through the streets, it is easy ...

Founded almost a thousand years ago, the Carthusian Order is among the most severe in Catholic monasticism, rigorously practicing solitude and silence. In April, 1441, the monk Jan Vos was made prior ...

A visitor to the historic center of Brugge, commonly spelled Bruges, can easily imagine a time when this picturesque Flemish town was bustling with merchants and traders from all corners of Europe, a ...

Université de Lorraine provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation FR. For centuries, the work of Flemish painter Jan van Eyck (c. 1390-1441) has perplexed art historians. Van Eyck is ...