Medieval Flanders
, by David M Nicholas- ISBN: 9780582016798 | 0582016797
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- Copyright: 1/14/2014
List of genealogical tables and maps | |
Abbreviations | |
Preface | |
Acknowledgements | |
The Sand that is upon the Seashore | p. 1 |
Flanders under Roman rule | p. 1 |
Germanic Flanders, fourth through eighth centuries | p. 7 |
The formation of the county of Flanders, 600-918 | p. 13 |
The Economic Development of Early Flanders | p. 21 |
Forest, field and village in early medieval Flanders | p. 21 |
Trade and Towns | p. 29 |
The Counts and the Country, 918-1071 | p. 39 |
Arnulf the Great (918-65) | p. 39 |
Arnulf II (965-88) | p. 43 |
Baldwin IV (988-1035) | p. 45 |
Baldwin V (1035-67) | p. 49 |
The Apogee of Flemish Power, 1071-1206 | p. 56 |
Robert I 'the Frisian' (1071-93) | p. 56 |
Robert II 'of Jerusalem' (1093-1111) | p. 58 |
Baldwin VII (1111-19) | p. 58 |
The crisis of 1127-8 | p. 62 |
Flanders under the Alsatian Counts (1128-91) | |
Thierry of Alsace (1128-57/67) | p. 70 |
Philip of Alsace (1157/67-91) | p. 71 |
Baldwin VIII (1191-4) | p. 74 |
Medieval Flanders | |
Baldwin IX (1194-1206) | p. 75 |
The government of Flanders in the twelfth century: the transition to the administrative state | p. 77 |
Flemish culture before 1206 | p. 89 |
The Social and Economic Transformation of Flanders in the Eleventh and Twelfth Centuries | p. 97 |
The agrarian economy | p. 97 |
Commerce and industry | p. 110 |
Economic Growth and Cultural Flowering in the Thirteenth Century | p. 124 |
Rural economy and society in thirteenth-century Flanders | p. 124 |
The Cities | p. 128 |
Flemish cultural life in the thirteenth century | p. 139 |
Foreign Trade, Diplomacy and Dependence: The Catastrophe of Medieval Flanders, 1206-74 | p. 150 |
Joan (1206-44) | p. 151 |
Margaret (1244-78) | p. 156 |
The countesses and the nobles | p. 158 |
Government during the thirteenth century | p. 161 |
The ties with England | p. 164 |
The German trade | p. 168 |
Commercial techniques | p. 169 |
The Flemish textile industry | p. 173 |
Signs of crisis | p. 175 |
The crisis of 1270-4 | p. 176 |
A Half-Century of Crisis, 1274-1317 | p. 180 |
The domestic situation to 1285 | p. 180 |
The conflicts with the French | p. 186 |
A Delicate Balance: The End of Dampierre Flanders, 1317-84 | p. 209 |
Between the abyss and the precipice | p. 209 |
The government of the Flemish counts in the fourteenth century | p. 231 |
Flemish culture in the fourteenth century | p. 247 |
Economic Depression and World Economy in Flanders, 1315-84 | p. 259 |
The agrarian sector | p. 259 |
The Flemish textile industry in the fourteenth century: competition and retrenchment | p. 273 |
The directions of trade | p. 285 |
Urban society | p. 305 |
A Change of Direction: Flanders in the Burgundian State, 1384-1467 | p. 317 |
Philip 'the Bold' in France and Flanders (1384-1404) | p. 318 |
John 'the Fearless' (1404/5-1419) | p. 323 |
Philip 'the Good' (1419-67) | p. 326 |
The governance of Burgundian Flanders | p. 332 |
Members and quarters | p. 334 |
The Burgundian state apparatus | p. 338 |
Flemish culture in the Burgundian age | p. 346 |
The Flemish Economy in the Burgundian Period: Redirection and Retrenchment | p. 357 |
The agrarian economy | p. 357 |
Population and poverty | p. 367 |
The cities | p. 370 |
International politics and the money supply | p. 375 |
Overseas trade | p. 383 |
A Burgundian Funeral and a Habsburg Epitaph: The End of Medieval Flanders, 1467-92 | p. 392 |
Charles the Bold (1467-77) | p. 392 |
The incorporation of Flanders into the Habsburg empire | p. 394 |
Bibliography | p. 400 |
Genealogical tables | p. 440 |
Maps | p. 443 |
Index | p. 448 |
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