Medieval Flanders

Author : David M Nicholas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 131790155X
Total Pages : 478 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Flanders written by David M Nicholas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cradle of northern Europe's later urban and industrial pre-eminence, medieval Flanders was a region of immense political and economic importance -- and already, as so often later, the battleground of foreign powers. Yet this book is, remarkably, the first comprehensive modern history of the region. Within the framework of a clear political narrative, it presents a vivid portrait of medieval Flemish life that will be essential reading for the medievalist -- and a boon for the many visitors to Bruges and Ghent eager for a better understanding of what they see.

Author : Jeff Rider
Publisher : CUA Press
ISBN 13 : 0813217199
Total Pages : 313 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Galbert of Bruges and the Historiography of Medieval Flanders written by Jeff Rider and published by CUA Press. This book was released on 2009-11 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Edited by two of the world's most prominent specialists on Galbert today, Jeff Rider and Alan V. Murray, this book brings together essays by established scholars who have been largely responsible for the radical changes in the understanding of Galbert and his work that have occurred over the last thirty years and essays by younger scholars.

Author : Laura Crombie
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1783271043
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Archery and Crossbow Guilds in Medieval Flanders, 1300-1500 written by Laura Crombie and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2016 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First full study devoted to the archery and crossbow guilds which grew up in Flanders in the middle ages.

Author : Karine Ugé
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
ISBN 13 : 1903153166
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Creating the Monastic Past in Medieval Flanders written by Karine Ugé and published by Boydell & Brewer. This book was released on 2005 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examination of the self-produced histories of a number of religious communities, tracing out the complex reasons for their composition. The creation of a past for themselves was of pressing importance to religious communities, enabling them to increase their status and legitimise their existence. This book examines the process in a group of communities from the southern part of Flanders (the monks of Saint-Bertin at Saint-Omer, the community of Saint-Rictrude at Marchiennes and the canons of Saint-Amé at Douai) over a period running from the ninth to the end of the eleventh century. The central contention is that the communities produced their narratives (history, hagiography, charter materials) for a specific time and purpose, frequently as a response to or intended resolution of internal or external crises. The book also discusses how the circumstances which triggered narrative production had an impact not only on the content but also on the form of the texts.

Author : David M Nicholas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317901541
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.49/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Flanders written by David M Nicholas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-01-14 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cradle of northern Europe's later urban and industrial pre-eminence, medieval Flanders was a region of immense political and economic importance -- and already, as so often later, the battleground of foreign powers. Yet this book is, remarkably, the first comprehensive modern history of the region. Within the framework of a clear political narrative, it presents a vivid portrait of medieval Flemish life that will be essential reading for the medievalist -- and a boon for the many visitors to Bruges and Ghent eager for a better understanding of what they see.

Author : Jelle Haemers
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004677925
Total Pages : 488 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Communes and Conflict: Urban Rebellion in Late Medieval Flanders written by Jelle Haemers and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Communes and Conflict, Jan Dumolyn and Jelle Haemers explore the urban rebellions that regularly erupted in Flanders between the thirteenth and sixteenth centuries. They analyse not only how these rebellions were sparked and repressed, but also how they shaped the culture and identity of Flemish townspeople. Drawing from a wide range of theoretical methods and concepts, including those of discourse analysis, semiotics, speech acts, collective memory and material cultural studies, the authors return to key Marxist questions on ideology, labour and class interest to map the perspectives of the rebels, the urban patriciate and the Flemish and Burgundian nobility.

Author : Hendrik Conscience
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1326062158
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Lion of Flanders written by Hendrik Conscience and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014-10-27 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Lion of Flanders is an historical novel, relating the Flemish struggle for freedom against France in the medieval times.

Author : David Nicholas
Publisher : Longman Publishing Group
ISBN 13 : 9780582016798
Total Pages : 463 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Medieval Flanders written by David Nicholas and published by Longman Publishing Group. This book was released on 1992-01-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Medieval Flanders (the lowland region between France and Germany, covered by much of modern Belgium and the Netherlands; the area of Bruges, Ghent and Lille) was a region of immense political and economic importance to Europe at large, and the different aspects of its development have been the subject of an immense literature and an even larger mythology. Within a clear political and diplomatic narrative, David Nicholas presents a survey of Flemish life and times.

Author : Steven Vanderputten
Publisher : Cornell University Press
ISBN 13 : 0801468108
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monastic Reform as Process written by Steven Vanderputten and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-15 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of monastic institutions in the Middle Ages may at first appear remarkably uniform and predictable. Medieval commentators and modern scholars have observed how monasteries of the tenth to early twelfth centuries experienced long periods of stasis alternating with bursts of rapid development known as reforms. Charismatic leaders by sheer force of will, and by assiduously recruiting the support of the ecclesiastical and lay elites, pushed monasticism forward toward reform, remediating the inevitable decline of discipline and government in these institutions. A lack of concrete information on what happened at individual monasteries is not regarded as a significant problem, as long as there is the possibility to reconstruct the reformers’ ‘‘program.’’ While this general picture makes for a compelling narrative, it doesn’t necessarily hold up when one looks closely at the history of specific institutions. In Monastic Reform as Process, Steven Vanderputten puts the history of monastic reform to the test by examining the evidence from seven monasteries in Flanders, one of the wealthiest principalities of northwestern Europe, between 900 and 1100. He finds that the reform of a monastery should be studied not as an "exogenous shock" but as an intentional blending of reformist ideals with existing structures and traditions. He also shows that reformist government was cumulative in nature, and many of the individual achievements and initiatives of reformist abbots were only possible because they built upon previous achievements. Rather than looking at reforms as "flashpoint events," we need to view them as processes worthy of study in their own right. Deeply researched and carefully argued, Monastic Reform as Process will be essential reading for scholars working on the history of monasteries more broadly as well as those studying the phenomenon of reform throughout history.

Author : Randall Fegley
Publisher : McFarland
ISBN 13 : 0786480548
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk written by Randall Fegley and published by McFarland. This book was released on 2010-06-28 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Franco-Flemish region of medieval Flanders was a locus of important trade routes in the 13th and 14th centuries. Located in a prime position between the Holy Roman Empire and the North Sea (present-day northern Belgium), the urban centers of the region were surpassed in population only by the city-states of central and northern Italy. This positioning afforded the Flemish citizens of the region great prosperity and they formed guilds to protect their rights, regulate their working hours and standardize their wages. These guilds produced a cohesive unit of people eager to retain the rights they had gained. In 1302, French cavalry faced the determined Flemish soldiers on foot at Kortrijk (Courtrai). This book analyzes the battle that ensued, its origins, consequences and legacy. It also examines the everyday lives of the inhabitants of Flanders; urban dwellers, knights, nobles, women and others. This is the first major English-language study of the historic 14th century battle between the French and the Flemish, a conflict whose repercussions linger in modern Belgium. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.