Medieval Flanders

ISBN-13: 9780582016781 / Angielski / Miękka / 1992 / 478 str.

David Nicholas

Opis

The first comprehensive modern history of this region by a single author in any language. Begining with the early history of the area under the Romans, it goes on to look at the devlopment of agriculture, the growth of cities, economic growth based on the textile industry and the cultural flowering of the thirteenth century, followed by economic depression and the place of Flanders under the Burgundian State. As well as looking at urban tensions, trade and government, the author examines other issues such as labour struggles, the rivalry between language groups, and the popular manners and mores of the Flemish themselves. Good use is made of quotations from contemporary documents.

Spis treści

List of genealogical tables and maps.  Abbreviations.  Preface.  Acknowledgements.  1. The Sand that is upon the Seashore.  2. The Economic Development of Early Flanders.  3. The Counts and the Country 918-1071.  4. The Apogee of Flemish Power 1071-1206.  5. The Social and Economic Transformation of Flanders in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries.  6. Economic Growth and Cultural Flowering in the Thirteenth Century.  7. Foreign Trade, Diplomacy and Dependence: The Catastrophe of Medieval Flanders 1206-74.  8. A Half Century of Crisis 1274-1317
9. A Delicate Balance: The End of Dampierre Flanders 1317-84.  10. Economci Depression and the World Economy in Flanders 1315-84.  11. A Change of Direction: Flanders in the Burgundian State 1384-1467.  12. The Flemish Economy in the Burgundian Period: Redirection and Retrenchment.  13. A Burgundian Funeral and a Habsburg Epitaph: The End of Medieval Flanders 1467-92.  Bibliography.  Genealogical tables.  Maps.  Index.

O autorze

David M Nicholas