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The murder, betrayal, and slaughter of the glorious Charles, Count of Flanders / Galbert of Bruges ; translated and with an introduction by Jeff Rider.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Galbert, de Bruges, -1134.
- Standardized Title:
- De multro, traditione, et occisione gloriosi Karoli comitis Flandriarum. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Charles, Count of Flanders, -1127--Death and burial.
- Charles.
- Murder--Flanders--History.
- Murder.
- Flanders--Kings and rulers--Biography.
- Flanders.
- Flanders (Belgium)--Politics and government.
- Flanders (Belgium).
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (297 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, [2013]
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- In 1127 Charles the Good, count of Flanders, was surrounded by assassins while at prayer and killed by a sword blow to the forehead. His murder upset the fragile balance of power between England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire, giving rise to a bloody civil war while impacting the commercial life of medieval Europe. The eyewitness account by the Flemish cleric Galbert of Bruges of the assassination and the struggle for power that ensued is the only journal to have survived from twelfth century Europe. This new translation by medieval studies expert Jeff Rider greatly improves upon all previous versions, substantially advancing scholarship on the Middle Ages while granting new life and immediacy to Galbert's well informed and courageously candid narrative. "
- Contents:
- ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Maps""; ""Genealogies""; ""List of Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Bruges in 1127""; ""The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""; ""Y""
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 0-300-19917-1
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