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In 1127 Charles the Good, count of Flanders, was surrounded by assassins while at prayer and killed by a sword blow to the forehead. His murder upset the fragile balance of power between England, France, and the Holy Roman Empire, giving rise to a bloody civil war while impacting the commercial life of medieval Europe. The eyewitness account by the Flemish cleric Galbert of Bruges of the assassination and the struggle for power that ensued is the only journal to have survived from twelfth century Europe. This new translation by medieval studies expert Jeff Rider greatly improves upon all previous versions, substantially advancing scholarship on the Middle Ages while granting new life and immediacy to Galbert’s well informed and courageously candid narrative.

Charles the Good [Count of Flanders] --- Charles, --- Assassination --- Flanders --- Flandre --- Kings and rulers --- Biography --- xPolitics and government. --- Rois et souverains --- Biographie --- Murder --- History --- Death and burial --- Flanders (Belgium) --- Politics and government --- 949.3.014 --- 929 KAREL DE GOEDE --- Geschiedenis van België:--(10de eeuw-1384) --- Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek--KAREL DE GOEDE --- 929 KAREL DE GOEDE Biografie. Genealogie. Heraldiek--KAREL DE GOEDE --- 949.3.014 Geschiedenis van België:--(10de eeuw-1384) --- Criminal homicide --- Killing (Murder) --- Homicide --- Charles --- Charles le Bon, --- Karel, --- Death and burial. --- Politics and government. --- Assassination. --- Carolus Bonus, comes Flandriae --- Charles, - Count of Flanders, - -1127