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Urban chronicle writing in late medieval Flanders: the case of Bruges during the Flemish Revolt of 1482–1490
The absence of a 'real' urban chronicle tradition in fifteenth-century Flanders similar to the Italian or German models has raised questions among scholars. However, there is also no satisfactory consensus on the exact meaning or contents of medieval 'urban historiography'. Some were 'official' city chronicles, while others lauded patrician lineages or took the viewpoint of specific social groups or corporate organizations and reinforced construction of the groups' collective memories. Some seem to express the literary aspirations of individual city officials or clerics with strong connections to their towns. We propose an analytical framework to identify and measure the 'urbanity' of late medieval chronicles, taking into account the authorship and thematic emphasis of historiographical texts, but focusing on the social environment of their circulation and the ideological strategies at work.
Urban chronicle writing in late medieval Flanders: the case of Bruges during the Flemish Revolt of 1482–1490
The absence of a 'real' urban chronicle tradition in fifteenth-century Flanders similar to the Italian or German models has raised questions among scholars. However, there is also no satisfactory consensus on the exact meaning or contents of medieval 'urban historiography'. Some were 'official' city chronicles, while others lauded patrician lineages or took the viewpoint of specific social groups or corporate organizations and reinforced construction of the groups' collective memories. Some seem to express the literary aspirations of individual city officials or clerics with strong connections to their towns. We propose an analytical framework to identify and measure the 'urbanity' of late medieval chronicles, taking into account the authorship and thematic emphasis of historiographical texts, but focusing on the social environment of their circulation and the ideological strategies at work.
Urban chronicle writing in late medieval Flanders: the case of Bruges during the Flemish Revolt of 1482–1490
DEMETS, LISA (author) / DUMOLYN, JAN
Urban history ; 43
2016
Article (Journal)
English
Geschichte , Zeitschrift , Stadt , Gesellschaft , Kultur
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