Galbert of Bruges was a notary serving Count Charles the Good in his rule over Flanders. Galbert chronicled the murder of Count Charles in 1127, as well as preceding and subsequent events. Galbert wrote his chronicle in Latin. He organized his chronicle mainly by date. Showing unusual social consciousness within gynocentric society, Galbert lamented the loss of many men’s lives in the Flemish civil war following the murder of Count Charles.
Jan van Eyck’s The Virgin and Child with Canon van der Paele in St. Donation’s Church in Bruges invoked betrayal in ordinary and salvation history. … Read the post Jan van Eyck, Canon van der Paele, and Galbert of Bruges
Chronicling the murder of Charles the Good in medieval Flanders, Galbert of Bruges reported numberless men’s deaths. Take notice of violence against men. … Read the post Galbert chronicled horrific violence against men in medieval Flanders
With exemplary sense of gender justice, Galbert of Bruges recognized that Dedda suborned the murder of her husband Boldran in 11th-century Flanders. … Read the post Dedda suborned murder of her husband Boldran in medieval Flanders
Galbert of Bruges’s chronicle De multro recorded that Walter of Vladslo’s wife cuckolded him by secretly buying a baby to replace their still-born son. … Read the post Galbert of Bruges described cuckolding of eminent Walter of Vladslo
Flanders in 1128 offers plausible referents for the ultimate cuckold: the wolf Ysengrimus in a medieval Latin text from 12th-century Flanders. … Read the post ultimate cuckold recorded in medieval Flanders near Ghent