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Brugse schepenen, internationale handelaren en ingewikkelde conflicten : handelsconflicten voor de Brugse schepenbank in de vijftiende eeuw Ghent University
Opstand, recht en orde : de instrumentalisering van verbanningen in laatmiddeleeuws Gent Ghent University
This contribution examines the process of banishment as part of the political tools available to an aldermen bench to control the city. Banishment was a punishment that closely corresponded to the urban ideology where undesirable and even harmful elements were literally removed from the community. It was when a dissident administration came to power in 1477 that banishments became more frequent. These insurgents used punishment to stigmatise the ...