From the first Flemings and the earliest settlement, Gilliat-Smith traces Bruges through the rule of its counts: Arnulph the Great, the murder of Charles the Good in 1127 and the vengeance that followed, Dierick of Alsace and the relic of the Precious Blood, and Baldwin of Constantinople. He pauses throughout on the city’s distinctive civic architecture.
Medieval history and town guide in one, for travellers and lovers of Flanders. Download the free EPUB.