Artevelde

JACOB VAN, (ar'teh-velt,) a brewer ofGhent, who became governor of Flanders, was B. abt. 1300. On the occasion ofa revolt against Count Louis, in 1338, he was chosen leader of the insurgents. He afterwards joined with Edward III. against the king of France, and a isted at the siege of Tournay in 1340. In the truce which followed, A. stipulated for the independence ofF landers, and became its governor. He applied himself to his difficult task with great energy and sagacity, but was at length ma acred in a popular tumult at Ghent, 1345.- His son PHILIP was chosen captain by the Gantois, on occasion of a rising against Count Louis II., in 1382. After defeating Louis nearBruges, he took that city, and a umed sovereign state. But Louis having obtained the a istance of France, an army from the latter country entered Flanders, led by the brave Constable de Cli on, and in the decisive battle of Roosebeck the Flemings were defeated and their leader slain, 1382. Arthrodia,(ar-thrō-di'ah.) (FromGr.arthron, a joint.] (Anat.) Akind of articulation, whereby the flat head of one bone is admitted into the shallow socket of another. [s. 50]