The crowd’s two faces: keeping the peace and fearing the stranger in late medieval Flanders

IF 0.3 2区 历史学 0 MEDIEVAL & RENAISSANCE STUDIES JOURNAL OF MEDIEVAL HISTORY Pub Date : 2023-03-13 DOI:10.1080/03044181.2023.2188605
Mireille J. Pardon
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ABSTRACT This article examines the reputation of crowds in relation to judicial practice in fifteenth-century Flanders. Medieval chronicles tend to frame rebellious crowds as frighteningly irrational rather than strategic in order to discredit the political movements they described. Legal records from Bruges and Ghent suggest this stereotype extended to disturbances unrelated to revolt. Bailiffs’ accounts and banishments reveal concern for neighbourhood unrest and sudden violence stemming from interpersonal disputes as well as political action. Although bailiffs pursued individuals for instigating conflicts, the crowd played an important role in judicial practice, from investigations to executions, affirming legal decisions and preserving urban peace. These contrasting stereotypes affected patterns of prosecution in fifteenth-century Bruges and Ghent. Bailiffs tended to place blame on individual instigators when the crowd acted against the interests of law enforcement. As the reputation of the crowd was law-affirming, the riotous crowd had to stem from an outside, corrupting influence.
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人群的两面性:在中世纪晚期的佛兰德斯,保持和平和害怕陌生人
本文考察了15世纪法兰德斯司法实践中群体的声誉。中世纪编年史倾向于将反叛人群描述为可怕的非理性行为,而不是为了诋毁他们所描述的政治运动。布鲁日和根特的法律记录表明,这种刻板印象延伸到与叛乱无关的骚乱。法警的叙述和放逐显示了他们对社区动乱和突发暴力事件的关注,这些暴力事件源于人际纠纷和政治行动。虽然法警追捕煽动冲突的个人,但群众在司法实践中发挥了重要作用,从调查到处决,确认法律决定和维护城市和平。这些对比鲜明的刻板印象影响了15世纪布鲁日和根特的起诉模式。当人群的行为违背了执法部门的利益时,法警倾向于将责任归咎于个人煽动者。由于这群人的名声是肯定法律的,所以这群闹事的人一定是来自外部的腐败势力。
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期刊介绍: The Journal of Medieval History aims at meeting the need for a major international publication devoted to all aspects of the history of Europe in the Middle Ages. Each issue comprises around four or five articles on European history, including Britain and Ireland, between the fall of Rome and the Renaissance. The Journal also includes review articles, historiographical essays and state of research studies.
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