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The article discusses the joyful and solemn entrance of Bishop Maximilien de Berghes into the city of Cambrai, France, on October 21, 1559. His election as bishop of Cambrai by the cathedral chapter on September 10, 1556 and the circumstances surrounding his late official arrival in 1559 are mentioned. It offers information on the itinerary of the procession taking the bishop from the castle of Thun-Saint-Martin to the city, some of the featured festivities as he made his way through the city, and the civil protocol concerning the magistrate and his welcoming of the bishop.

The article examines a medieval psalter conserved under number 54 at the municipal multimedia library Médiathèque de Cambrai (Cambrai, France). It is noted that the manuscript contains 103 parchment sheets, which also includes prayers and a calendar containing 43 obituaries, referred to as the necrology of Florennes (Belgium). It is suggested that the psalter belonged to 11th century Bishop Gérard I de Cambrai. The author describes the manuscript and its content, particularly its calendar, and offers additional arguments advancing the psalter's rightful ownership. Gérard's origins, his influence and political engagement, and the political history of localities in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Germany during the 10th and 11th centuries are also discussed.

The article studies family conflict management among urban elites in Flanders, particularly in the city of Ghent (Belgium) during the last quarter of the 14th century. Focus is given to finding out why feuds and revenge among elite families were less prominent during that time. The families' political and social relations focusing on the marriage and education of their children and their role in discouraging conflicts are discussed. The author aims to shed light on the relationship between the establishment of a princely State, the political and judicial organization in urban communities, and tensions among elites during the late Middle Ages. He also questions the State's influence on reducing the revenge phenomenon.

The article focuses on the life, role, and consequences of the involvement of three French Calvinist noblemen during the revolt which spread throughout the Spanish Netherlands in 1566 including Jean Le Sauvage, seigneur d'Escobecques et de Ligny-Beaucamp, Charles de Houchin, seigneur de Longastre et d'Olhain, and Henri de Nédonchel, seigneur d'Hannescamps et de Vicogne. It discusses their role in the constitution of a nobiliary confederation, which resulted in the Dutch revolt, or mouvement des Gueux, and iconoclasm. Topics include Calvinism and the involvement of Marguerite de Parme, the regent of the Netherlands during that time.

The article focuses on the exchange of reciprocal oaths binding the people of the ancient Low Countries and their sovereigns in the early 17th century. According to the article, when they came into power, the princes of the Low Countries were greeted by the communities of people who thus recognized them as their legitimate sovereigns; this tradition was called "joyeuse entrée." The significance of this act in the common law of the Low Countries is analyzed, through the study of the archdukes' reigns, when this ritual was often repeated.

The article focuses on the Spanish Netherlands between 1598 and 1621, under the reign of infanta Isabella and her spouse archduke Albert of Austria, and the way they were perceived in the different courts of Europe. According to the article, as soon as they arrived in Netherlands, the archdukes tried to give the country a form of national independence, welcoming other sovereigns from Europe and making a cosmopolitan city out of Brussels. Numerous letters from European embassies and delegations allow an analysis of the way the Netherlands were seen when the negotiations preceding the Treaty of London for the peace between Spain and England occurred.

The article presents an analysis of the different epizootic phases that stroke the bovine livestock in the former provinces forming the region of Northern France. The author gives information on rinderpest, the bovine plague that struck France in the 18th century. Particular focus is given to highly contagious epidemics that had not only a national impact but an European one. According to the article, there were four in France in the 18th century. Epizootics spread to small areas, whose time periods are vague and that are not deadly for bovine cattle are also mentioned.

An abstract of the article "Noblemen, Calvinists and Knaves in 1566: Three Figureheads of the Revolt, Escobecques, Longastre, Hannescamps," by Alain Lottin is presented.

The article presents abstracts focusing on the social and political life in Flemish Netherlands cities from the 14th to the 15th centuries with topics including the elites of Ghent (Belgium) and conflict resolution, the tax revolt in Saint-Omer, France, and the activities of French Senator Henri Wallon.