Tag Archives: Flanders

The recruitment of armies in the early middle ages: what can we know?

by Sandra Alvarez Posted on June 30, 2014

The recruitment of armies in the early middle ages: what can we know? Timothy Reuter Military Aspects of Scandinavian Society in a European Perspective, AD 1-1300 (Copenhagen, 1997) Abstract The study of medieval warfare has probably both benefitted and suffered from … Continue reading →

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Description of a Motte and Bailey Castle from Flanders, from the 12th century

by DRM_peter Posted on February 23, 2014

Walter, archdeacon of the diocese of Thérouanne, spent his youth among the regular canons of Saint Martin of Ypres whence he was called by John of Warneton, bishop of Thérouanne in 1115. John made him archdeacon of Flanders in 1116 … Continue reading →

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Warfare in Flanders, according to Galbert of Bruges’ The Murder of Charles the Good

by DRM_peter Posted on February 23, 2014

Galbert of Bruges was a cleric who worked principally in the fiscal administration of the castellany of Bruges. He was thus a marginal member of the count’s curia, at least when the count was in Bruges, and it is reasonable … Continue reading →

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Adair, Countess Clemence and Her Role in the Comital Family and in Flanders (PhD, 1993)

by DRM_admin Posted on May 27, 1993

“Ego et uxor mea… :” Countess Clemence and Her Role in the Comital Family and in Flanders (1092–1133) by Penelope Ann Adair Ph.D., History, University of California – Santa Barbara, 1993 ABSTRACT In an evaluation of Flemish countesses the eleventh and twelfth centuries, Clemence … Continue reading →

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