Ghent system — is the name given to an arrangement in some countries whereby trade/labor unions have the main responsibity for welfare payments, especially unemployment benefits, rather than a government or employers. The system is named after the city of Ghent … Wikipedia
Belgium — This article is about the country. For other uses, see Belgium (disambiguation). Belgian redirects here. For the article on the people, see Belgians. Kingdom of Belgium Koninkrijk België (Dutch) Royaume de Belgique … Wikipedia
Ghent — *GER: *JPN: Kanazawa, Ishikawa Prefecture *GER: Melle *MAR: Mohammedia *FRA: Saint Raphaël *USA: ee also*List of Mayors of Ghent *Ghent University *K.A.A. GentExternal links* [http://www.gent.be Official website] Information available in Dutch,… … Wikipedia
Ghent Altarpiece — The Ghent Altarpiece or Adoration of the Mystic Lamb (Dutch: Het Lam Gods or The Lamb of God ; completed 1432) is a very large and complex Early Netherlandish polyptych panel painting which was once in the Joost Vijdt chapel at Saint Bavo… … Wikipedia
Ghent University Library — The Ghent University Library is located in the city of Ghent, Belgium. It serves the university community of students and scholarly researchers. [ [http://lib.ugent.be/catalogi en.html University Library Ghent: Catalogues ] ] The library has… … Wikipedia
Ghent University — ▪ university, Ghent, Belgium Flemish Gent, state financed coeducational institution of higher learning with limited autonomy in Ghent, Belg. Founded in 1817 under King William I of The Netherlands, the university at first conducted its… … Universalium
Belgium — • Information on the history, education, and cemeteries of the country Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Belgium Belgium † … Catholic encyclopedia
Ghent — • Comprises the whole territory of East Flanders, one of the nine provinces of Belgium Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Ghent Ghent … Catholic encyclopedia
BELGIUM — BELGIUM, West European kingdom. The Medieval Community Jews first appeared in the southern Netherlands during the early 13th century, although the exact date of their settlement there cannot be ascertained. They arrived from the east, most… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
GHENT — (Flemish Gent; Fr. Gand), city in N.W. Belgium. That there was a Jewish settlement in Ghent in the eighth century, as indicated in some early Christian chronicles, is difficult to believe. The Jews were expelled from the city as from the rest of… … Encyclopedia of Judaism