Medieval Bruges

Andrew Brown is Associate Professor at Massey University in New Zealand and a historian of late medieval religion and society. His books include Popular Piety in Late Medieval England (1995) and Civic Ceremony and Religion in Medieval Bruges, c.1300–1520 (Cambridge, 2010). Jan Dumolyn is a senior lecturer at Ghent University and historian of the political, social and cultural history of the medieval county of Flanders. He has published widely on late medieval popular politics.

• Foreword Marc Boone; Introduction Andrew Brown and Jan Dumolyn; 1. Origins and early history Jan Dumolyn, Georges Declercq, Brigitte Meijns, Bieke Hillewaert, Yann Hollevoet, Marc Ryckaert and Wim De Clercq; 2. The urban landscape I: c.1100–c.1275 Jan Dumolyn, Marc Ryckaert, Brigitte Meijns, Heidi Deneweth and Luc Devliegher; 3. Production, markets and socio-economic structures I: c.1100–c.1320 Peter Stabel, Jeroen Puttevils and Jan Dumolyn; 4. Social groups, political power and institutions, c.1100–1304 Jan Dumolyn, Georges Declercq and Jelle Haemers; 5. The urban landscape II: c.1275–c.1500 Jan Dumolyn, Marc Ryckaert, Heidi Deneweth, Luc Devliegher and Guy Dupont; 6. Production, markets and socio-economic structures II: c.1320–c.1500 Peter Stabel, Jeroen Puttevils, Jan Dumolyn, Bart Lambert, James M. Murray and Guy Dupont; 7. Political power and social groups, c.1300–c.1500 Jan Dumolyn, Frederik Buylaert, Guy Dupont, Jelle Haemers and Andy Ramandt; 8. Religious practices c.1200–1500 Andrew Brown and Hendrik Callewier; 9. Texts, images and sounds in the urban environment, c.1100–c.1500 Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, Johan Oosterman, Nele Gabriëls, Andrew Brown and Hendrik Callewier; 10. Bruges in the sixteenth century: a 'return to normalcy' Ludo Vandamme, Peter Stabel, Jan Dumolyn, Andrew Brown, Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, Nele Gabriëls and Johan Oosterman; Conclusion: Bruges within the medieval urban landscape Andrew Brown and Jan Dumolyn.

'A team of the best specialists presents an up-to-date overview of medieval Bruges, the metropolis of North-Western Europe, linking the Mediterranean and the Northern markets, innovative in commercial techniques as well as in the production of refined arts-and-crafts. All aspects are integrated in a social framework explaining the city's exceptional creativity.' Wim Blockmans, University of Leiden