Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes
Récits d’un bourgeois de Valenciennes aka The Chronicle of a Bourgeois of Valenciennes is a vivid 14th-century vernacular chronicle written by an anonymous urban chronicler from Valenciennes in the County of Hainaut. It survives in a manuscript that describes local and regional history from about 1253 to 1366, blending chronology, narrative episodes, and eyewitness-style accounts of political, military, and social events in medieval France, Flanders, and the Low Countries. The work begins with a chronological framework of events affecting Valenciennes and its region under rulers such as King Philip VI of France and the shifting allegiances of local nobility. It includes accounts of conflicts, sieges, diplomatic manoeuvres, and the impact of broader struggles like the Hundred Years’ War on urban life in Hainaut. Written from the perspective of a burgher (bourgeois) rather than a monastery or royal court, the chronicle offers a rare lay viewpoint on high politics and warfare, reflecting how merchants, townspeople, and civic institutions experienced the turbulence of the 13th and 14th centuries. Its narrative style combines straightforward reporting of events with moral and civic observations, making it a valuable source for readers interested in medieval urban society, regional politics, and the lived experience of war and governance in pre-modern Europe.
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Sanday, Orkney Northern Islands is in Orkney Northern Islands.
In 1722 John Elphinstone was born at Lopness, Sanday. He married 1750 Amelia Warburton and had issue.
Carbon Date. 2460BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: charcoal:-
ID: 6371, C14 ID: OxA-946 Date BP: 4460 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4390, End BP: 4530
Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Archaeologist Name: Hunter
Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2450BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: charcoal:-
ID: 6376, C14 ID: OxA-960 Date BP: 4450 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4380, End BP: 4520
Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Archaeologist Name: Hunter
Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2360BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: charcoal:-
ID: 6372, C14 ID: OxA-947 Date BP: 4360 +/- 80, Start Date BP: 4280, End BP: 4440
Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Archaeologist Name: Hunter
Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 2300BC. Early Bronze Age Carbon Dates
Report: charcoal:several
ID: 6375, C14 ID: OxA-959 Date BP: 4300 +/- 70, Start Date BP: 4230, End BP: 4370
Abstract: Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland
Archaeologist Name: Hunter
Reference Name: Archaeometry 29(1), 1987, 125-155
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 730. Early Medieval
Report: Seeds, id as flax (Linum usitatissimum), from Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 1589, C14 ID: GU-1810 Date BP: 1270 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 1220, End BP: 1320
Abstract: Multi-period settlement
Archaeologist Name: J R Hunter
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scotl, 117, 1987, 175-81
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 840. Early Medieval
Report: Seeds, id as flax (Linum usitatissimum), from Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 1590, C14 ID: GU-2006 Date BP: 1160 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 1110, End BP: 1210
Abstract: Multi-period settlement
Archaeologist Name: J R Hunter
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scotl, 117, 1987, 175-81
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767
Carbon Date. 1025. Late Medieval
Report: Seeds, id as flax (Linum usitatissimum), from Pool, Sanday, Orkney, Scotland.
ID: 1588, C14 ID: GU-1806 Date BP: 975 +/- 50, Start Date BP: 925, End BP: 1025
Abstract: Multi-period settlement
Archaeologist Name: J R Hunter
Reference Name: Proc Soc Antiq Scotl, 117, 1987, 175-81
Council for British Archaeology (2012) Archaeological Site Index to Radiocarbon Dates from Great Britain and Ireland [data-set]. York: Archaeology Data Service [distributor] https://doi.org/10.5284/1017767