THE ANGLO-FLEMISH TREATIES AND FLEMISH SOLDIERS IN ENGLAND 1101-1163

摘要

The geographical proximity of medieval England and Flanders was conducive to a wide variety of relations, including political, economic, military, social and cultural exchanges.2 Immigrant soldiers, mercenaries and paid men are a particularly interesting topic in this respect; not only as examples of individuals travelling from one place to another, but as a means of examining the political frameworks and social circumstances which surrounded the travel of people across the Channel. My focus will be on the interplay between the wider context of the experiences of itinerant Flemings, and the series of diplomatic treaties that were concluded between the kings of England and the counts of Flanders over the course of the twelfth century.