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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Arthur George Walker is in Sculptors.
On 20th October 1861 Arthur George Walker was born to [his father] Robert Walker [aged 35] at Hackney.
Around 1904. St Andrew's Church, Blickling [Map]. Monument to Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian sculpted by Arthur George Walker [aged 42] around 1904.
Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian: On 15th June 1836 she was born to Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map]. On 12th August 1857 William Schomberg Kerr 8th Marquess Lothian and she were married. She by marriage Marchioness Lothian. She the daughter of Henry John Chetwynd-Talbot 3rd Earl Talbot 18th Earl of Shrewsbury and Sarah Elizabeth Beresford Countess Talbot Shrewsbury Waterford. He the son of John Kerr 7th Marquess Lothian and Cecil Chetwynd-Talbot Marchioness Lothian. They were first cousins. On 10th October 1901 Constance Harriet Mahonesa Talbot Marchioness Lothian died without issue at Blickling Hall, Norfolk [Map].
Academy Architecture 1905. 1905. Memorial to the late Marchioness of Lothian at Blickling [Map], Arthur G. Walker [aged 43], Sculptor.
On 13th September 1939 Arthur George Walker [aged 77] died.
