A Translation of Galbert of Bruges’ De Multro, Traditione et Occisione Gloriosi Karoli Comitis Flandriarum

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John Jeffrey Rider
Wesleyan University (Middletown, CT 06459-3208)

I am applying for a fellowship to complete a translation of Galbert of Bruges’ De Multro, Traditione et Occisione Gloriosi Karoli Comitis Flandriarum (The Murder of Charles the Good, Count of Flanders). This is an eyewitness account of the murder of Charles, count of Flanders (1119-1127) and of the events leading up to and following the murder, related in journal form.

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The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders (Book)
Title: The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders
Author: Galbert of Bruges
Abstract: In 1127 Charles the Good, count of Flanders, was surrounded by assassins while at prayer and killed by a sword blow to the forehead. His murder upset the fragile balance of power between England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire, giving rise to a bloody civil war while impacting the commercial life of medieval Europe. The eyewitness account by the Flemish cleric Galbert of Bruges of the assassination and the struggle for power that ensued is the only journal to have survived from twelfth century Europe. This new translation by medieval studies expert Jeff Rider greatly improves upon all previous versions, substantially advancing scholarship on the Middle Ages while granting new life and immediacy to Galbert’s well informed and courageously candid narrative.
Year: 2013
Primary URL: http://yalebooks.com/book/9780300152302/murder-betrayal-and-slaughter-glorious-charles-count-flanders
Primary URL Description: Yale University Press Catalog
Secondary URL: https://www.amazon.com/Betrayal-Slaughter-Glorious-Charles-Flanders/dp/0300152302
Secondary URL Description: Amazon listing
Publisher: Yale University Press
Type: Translation
ISBN: 9780300152302
Translator: Jeff Rider

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