Subjects’ strategies against lordship in Burgundian and Habsburg Flanders

• Published in: Rural history Vol. 35; no. 2; pp. 314 - 341
• Main Author: De Waele, Tom
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.10.2024
• Subjects: 16th century; 18th century; Access; Cities; Citizenship; Countryside; Historiography; Jurisdiction; Litigation; Power; State building; Urban studies; France

From the thirteenth until the 18th century, the county of Flanders knew a special citizen status for rural residents. Country dwellers, normally residing under the jurisdiction and fiscality of lordships, could register themselves as external citizens or ‘ outburghers’ . Outburghership has primarily...