![]() ![]() Masquerade ball at Château de Hattonchâtel, France. With the fall of the Venetian Republic at the end of the 18th century, the use and tradition of masks gradually began to decline, until they disappeared altogether. They have been associated with the tradition of the Venetian Carnival. They were generally elaborate dances held for members of the upper classes, and were particularly popular in Venice. Masquerade balls were extended into costumed public festivities in Italy during the 20th century Renaissance (Italian maschera). (This episode may have influenced Edgar Allan Poe's short story " Hop-Frog".) Such costumed dances were a special luxury of the Ducal Court of Burgundy. If they came too close to a torch, the dancers would catch fire. The King and five courtiers dressed as wildmen of the woods ( woodwoses), with costumes of flax and pitch. It took place in celebration of the marriage of a lady-in-waiting of Charles VI of France's queen in Paris on January 28, 1393. The " Bal des Ardents" ( "Burning Men's Ball") was held by Charles VI of France, and intended as a Bal des sauvages ( "Wild Men's Ball"), a form of costumed ball ( morisco). ![]() Tornadoes that are this disastrous are very rare in the Netherlands.Masquerade balls were a feature of the Carnival season in the 15th century, and involved increasingly elaborate allegorical Royal Entries, pageants, and triumphal processions celebrating marriages and other dynastic events of late medieval court life. The King of the Netherlands is still Lord of Borculo.īorculo is probably known best for the tornado that destroyed much of the village on 10 August 1925. Due to wear, these parts were buried again. These parts are hidden below the library and cultural centre, although they were visible to the public for several years. Most of the castle was demolished in 1869–1870, but parts of the keep still exist. In 1777 the region came into the possession of Stadtholder William V, after which the castle was demolished and rebuilt. Thereafter, Borculo definitively belonged to the province of Guelders instead of Munster. Prince-Bishop Christoph Bernhard von Galen tried twice to keep Borculo under Munster's authority, but without success. The ruling was imposed by troops from Zutphen, taking over the castle and city of Lichtenvoorde in December 1615, and the castle and city of Borculo in February 1616 after short combat. In the long conflict (known as the "Borculo question") between the heirs of the last count of Bronkhorst (deceased in 1553 without children) and the Prince-Bishop of Munster over ownership of Borculo, the Court of Gelderland ruled on 20 December 1615 in favour of count Joost of Limburg and Bronkhorst. The city wall has been demolished, but parts of the defensive moat, which was also used as a trading route over the Berkel to the cities along the Berkel (such as Zutphen), can still be found in Borculo.īorculo was then ruled by the counts of Limburg and Bronkhorst. The village received city rights in 1375. A defensive wall surrounding the village was constructed in 1348. In the 12th century a castle called Hof van Borculo was built. Borculo began as a settlement near where, at the time, the Berkel joined a smaller stream called the Grolse Slinge. ![]()
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