God's Scribe: The Historiographical Art of Galbert of Bruges

Appendix IV: Messages

a p p e n d i x i v Messages Chapter, ll. Source (Trans., p.) Contents [4], 7/15 the wise and powerful men of the Holy Roman Empire (90) —send “suitable delegates” (legatos idoneos) to Charles they ask Charles to become emperor [19], 7/10 Bertulf sends a messenger (mittit nuntium) from his (130) —residence to his nephews in Saint Donatian he forbids them to harm Fromold Junior [21], 38/42 Bertulf sends a boy (mandat per quemdam garcionem) to (136) —Walter of Vladslo he sends Walter money and asks him to come to his aid [22], 1/2 the Erembalds send a messenge (transmittunt) to the abbot (137) —of Saint Peter’s Abbey in Ghent they ask him to come to carry off Charles’s body [22], 60/63 the Erembalds send a message (mandant) to the citizens (140) —of Bruges they will not try to remove Charles’s body against the —citizens’ will [25], 1/15 William of Ypres sends Godescalc Taihals as a messenger (143–44) —(internuntius, nuntius) to the Erembalds he greets the Erembalds publicly on William’s behalf and —brings a letter to them from William (see above in —Appendix II) [25], 33/35 Bertulf sends a message (mandat) to William of Ypres (145) he promises the countship to William and encourages him —to secure the homage of everyone he can [25], 36/37 Bertulf sends a message (transmandat) to the men of Veurne (145) he tells them to swear loyalty to William of Ypres [25], 44/47 Bertulf sends a message (mandat) to Robert of Crecques (145–46) he tells him to fortify his house 218 [25], 53/56 Bertulf sends a message (mandat) to the men of coastal (146) —Flanders around Veurne he asks them to come to his aid [27], 15/26 a few leading men of Bruges send messengers (summittunt (150) —internuntios) to Gervaise they offer him their help and promise to open the gates of —the city to him [33], 6/10 the castellan of Ghent sends a message (mandat) from (160) —Bruges to the burghers of Ghent he asks them to assemble their forces and come to the siege [47], 23/39 Thierry of Alsace sends a messenger (nuntius) to the barons (188) —of the siege in Bruges the messenger bears the letter in which Thierry claims the —countship (see above in Appendix II) [52], 18/52 Louis VI sends Walter of Vladso to the people of Bruges (195) Walter bears the king’s letter (lator litterarum) announcing —the election of William Clito as count of Flanders [52], 52/55 the citizens of Bruges send a message (mandant) to the (198) —people of Flanders they ask them to come to consider whether or not to ap- —prove the election of the new count [53], 1/6 the king sends messengers (nuntii) to Raverschoot to meet (198) —with representatives from Bruges and Ghent negotiations concerning the election of William as count [66], 8/10 Count William sends a messenger (internuntius) to the (228) —crowd of young men armed with bows who come toward —him as he approaches Saint-Omer he asks them what they want with him [69], 38/45 Robert the Frisian uses a cleric of his household as a courier (235) —(internuntius) to carry messages (mandata deferre) to the —barons of Flanders communications concerning the plot to overthrow Robert’s —nephew Arnold [95], 53/61 Ivan and Daniel send messengers (praemittunt internuntios) (270) —from Roeselare to Count William in Ypres they renounce their homage to him [99], 16/17 the people of Bruges send a message (transmittunt) to (275) —Daniel they ask him to come to their aid appendix iv 219 [100], 5/18 Gervaise sends a message (mandat) to the leading citizens (101) —of Bruges he asks them to meet with him outside the town walls [108], 7/11 Count Thierry sends Gervaise as a messenger (nuntius) to (288) —Lambert of Aardenburg, and to the men of Oostburg —and Aardenburg he wants them to refrain from battle and come to him to —be reconciled [120], 28/29 a messenger (nuncius) sent to Bruges (by Thierry of Alsace?) (309) announces the death of William Clito 220 appendix iv ...