Drapery in Exile: E dward III , C olchester and the F lemings, 1351-1367
Drapery in Exile: E dward III , C olchester and the F lemings, 1351-1367
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流亡中的帷幔：爱德华三世、科尔切斯特和佛莱明家族，1351-1367 年
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Lambert B
在整个14世纪，爱德华三世发出了几封保护信，鼓励佛兰芒纺织工人在英国建立他们的行业。在接下来的几个世纪里，历史学家对新来者对英国服装发展的贡献一直存在分歧。在每一场辩论中，都缺乏与佛兰芒布匠在英国土地上的存在有关的可量化数据。本文认为，在1351年至1367年间，超过100名来自低地国家的移民定居在科尔切斯特，其中27人是佛兰德的佛兰德纺织厂，并于1351年受到爱德华三世的欢迎。他们被制衣的优越自然条件、黑死病后的人力短缺和开放的经济环境所吸引，为该镇作为国际知名的纺织品生产中心的发展做出了重要贡献，能够经受住中世纪晚期英格兰其他地区普遍存在的城市衰落模式。
Throughout the fourteenth century, Edward III issued several letters of protection encouraging Flemish textile workers to establish their trade in England. During the centuries that followed, historians have disagreed about the newcomers' contribution to the development of the English drapery. Lacking in each debate were quantifiable data related to the presence of Flemish cloth‐workers on English soil. This article argues that, between 1351 and 1367, over 100 immigrants from the Low Countries settled in Colchester, twenty‐seven of whom were Flemish textile manufacturers exiled from Flanders and welcomed by Edward III in 1351. Attracted by excellent natural conditions for clothmaking, a shortage of manpower following the Black Death and an open economic environment, they made a vital contribution to the town's development as an internationally renowned centre of textile production that was able to withstand the pattern of urban decay so prevalent in other parts of late medieval England.