22 juin 2017
https://www.openedition.org/12554 , info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Jan Dumolyn et al., « Reclaiming the Common Sphere of the City », Publications de la Sorbonne, ID : 10.4000/books.psorbonne.6616
Due to a lack of documents, especially when compared to the sources available for Italy, little is known about the early political and social history of the Flemish towns. For the later Middle Ages we are far better informed on the frequent social and political struggles that characterised the vibrant but tumultuous Flemish urban landscape. The early days of this “rebellious tradition” and the important role of communal popular politics in medieval Flanders in general, however, have been negl...