A very artificial kingdom it must be, too, given that the true kings of Burgundy are gone.
Tom Send a noteboard - 12/03/2014 01:40:36 PM
They were thrown out in favor of a very shaky and messy sort of Republic until the Napoleonic era, when the Dutch realized that calling their military leader a place holder (stadhouder) was perhaps a bad idea, and they legitimized the usurpers.
Political correctness is the pettiest form of casuistry.
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
ἡ δὲ κἀκ τριῶν τρυπημάτων ἐργαζομένη ἐνεκάλει τῇ φύσει, δυσφορουμένη, ὅτι δὴ μὴ καὶ τοὺς τιτθοὺς αὐτῇ εὐρύτερον ἢ νῦν εἰσι τρυπώη, ὅπως καὶ ἄλλην ἐνταῦθα μίξιν ἐπιτεχνᾶσθαι δυνατὴ εἴη. – Procopius
Ummaka qinnassa nīk!
*MySmiley*
A sign of France's economic decline...
- 11/03/2014 09:01:28 PM
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Not sure it's about the economy
- 11/03/2014 09:47:24 PM
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How is it not about the economy if France has regulations on book prices?
- 12/03/2014 01:31:54 PM
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I meant it's not about the current economy, the law exists since 1981
- 13/03/2014 03:20:46 AM
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I believe "Kingdom of the Netherlands" is still the formally correct name. 
- 11/03/2014 10:29:30 PM
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- 11/03/2014 10:29:30 PM
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A very artificial kingdom it must be, too, given that the true kings of Burgundy are gone.
- 12/03/2014 01:40:36 PM
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