Galbert of Bruges (Galbertus notarius Brugensis in Latin) was a Flemish cleric and chronicler. A resident of

Bruges Bruges ( , nl, Brugge ) is the capital and largest City status in Belgium, city of the Provinces of Belgium, province of West Flanders in the Flemish Region of Belgium, in the northwest of the country, and the sixth-largest city of the countr ...

and a functionary in the administration of the

count of Flanders The count of Flanders was the ruler or sub-ruler of the county of Flanders, beginning in the 9th century. Later, the title would be held for a time, by the rulers of the Holy Roman Empire and Spain. During the French Revolution, in 1790, the co ...

, he is known for his day-by-day

Latin Latin (, or , ) is a classical language belonging to the Italic branch of the Indo-European languages. Latin was originally a dialect spoken in the lower Tiber area (then known as Latium) around present-day Rome, but through the power of the ...

account ''De multro, traditione et occisione gloriosi Karoli comitis Flandriarum'' of the events surrounding the murder of Count

Charles the Good Charles the Good (10842 March 1127) was Count of Flanders from 1119 to 1127. His murder and its aftermath were chronicled by Galbert of Bruges. He was beatified by Pope Leo XIII in 1882 through ''cultus'' ''confirmation''. Early life Charles w ...

, in 1127 and its aftermath up through the accession of Thierry of Alsace in summer 1128.

References

*Jeff Rider (translator). 2013. ''The Murder, Betrayal, and Slaughter of the Glorious Charles, Count of Flanders'' by Galbert of Bruges. New Haven and London:

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. . *Jeff Rider (editor). 1994. ''De multro, traditione, et occisione gloriosi Karoli comitis Flandriarum''. Turnhout, Belgium: Brepols. . *Jeff Rider. 2001. ''God's Scribe: The Historiographical Art of Galbert of Bruges''. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press. . *Jeff Rider and Alan V. Murray (editors). 2009. ''Galbert of Bruges and the Historiography of Medieval Flanders''. Washington, DC: Catholic University of America Press. . *James Bruce Ross (translator) (2005), ''The murder of Charles the Good'' by Galbert of Bruges irst issued 1953

External links

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{{authority control 1134 deaths Chroniclers from the Holy Roman Empire 12th-century historians from the Holy Roman Empire Year of birth unknown 12th-century Latin writers