On 16 August 1491, the most prolific printer of the Low Countries at the time, Gerard Leeu (d. 1492) published his only edition of a Book of Hours in Dutch. The book itself, however, looks French. Why was Leeu swayed by French fashion?

Medieval Dutch conte is linguistically related to the English word cunt. But the origin of both the Dutch word and the English word is unknown. In this article, the etymological intricacies of the Middle Dutch word are explored