'Hoe haer die ghemeente sette jeghen die heren'. Politieke literatuur en opstanden in het veertiende-eeuwse Brabant

This article examines the political messages that are incorporated in stories about revolts in late medieval literature from the duchy of Brabant. In this way, it contributes to the debate on the functionality of literary discourses about political resistance. Despite the rigor of previous studies on this subject, researchers often still interpret the very negative late medieval discourse on revolts as an attempt to legitimise the power of the ruling elites. By means of an intertextual comparison between the discourses of a chronicle, didactic literature and political and juridical sources, th... Mehr ...