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This article studies the social protest of the 1280s in the main cities of the county of Flanders. The protestors were a very heterogeneous group, because wealthy tradesmen, craftsmen and middle class artisans united forces to fight their common enemy, the established families that had governed the cities for many decades. The protesters had a shared, distinct and insistent identity. They presented themselves as the meentucht, a vernacular translation (or better: a contemporary interpretation) of the Latin communitas. The use of this term as a basis for their self-definition justified their protest because the rebels saw themselves as the true commoners of the city. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The article focuses on the life of Mary, Duchess of Burgundy and her residence in Ghent, Belgium between 1465-1475. Various topics discussed include political and economic aspects of her stay in Ghent, renovation of the palace in second half of 15th century, construction campaigns started in Ghent and repression of Ghent in 1467.

The vernacular literary output of the 'chambers of rhetoric' in the Low Countries provides us with some insight into the ideology of the urban medieval middling classes. This literature included criticisms of social order, and it is argued here that whilst these come from an inherited religious discourse of reform, they can nonetheless be read as speaking to a political ideology particular to the urban context of the late Middle Ages. This article seeks to bring these ideological expressions into view, to contribute to our understanding of the political practices and popular uprisings of this time and place. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This article discusses written forms of resistance in the late Middle Ages and Early Modern Period in cities in the Low Countries, specifically Bruges and Ghent, Flanders, Belgium. The author describes the historical context from 1477 to 1488 and presents three protest texts from that period: a request written by nine craftsmen in 1477; memories written by an artisan in 1477 and 1539; and a speech by a jurist in 1488. Using these texts, the author concludes that there was a group of literate artisans, middle-class people and sympathizing elite in the resistance to the authorities that had a sophisticated political consciousness and a political culture with protest literature and commemoration of political events.

The article discusses the state fiscal policies and consumption of credit of the dukes of Burgundy between 1384 to 1506. This topic is analyzed from the perspective of fiscal policy and the evolution of taxation systems contributing to the development of the modern state. Topics discussed include cases when taxation and borrowing money can destabilize a monarch's rule and, more specifically, the destructive aspects of Burgundy's financial policy. Other topics include descriptions of Burgundy's enormous debt despite their wealth, due to poor credit policy.