Joyful Entry (1301)
The Joyous Entry of 1301 was an action of the French king Philip IV in the county of Flanders. He held so-called Joyous Entries in Bruges, Ghent, Douai, Lille, Tournai, Aardenburg, Kortrijk and Ypres. The Joyous Entry took place when the new lord of the land entered a city or region. It was the first contact of the lord with his population.
History
In May and June 1301, the French king Philip the Fair (Filips de Schone) and Joanna I of Navarre (Johanna I van Navarra) made joyful entries into the Flemish cities.
First entry
13 May 1301: Joyful entry at Douai
Second entry
15 May 1301: Joyful entry at Lille
Third entry
18 May 1301: Joyful entry at Tournai
Fourth Entry
19 May 1301: Joyful entry at Kortrijk
Petegem
May 20 and May 21. This was followed by two days of relaxation in the castle and country residence of the deposed and captured Count of Flanders Guy of Dampierre at Petegem-aan-de-Schelde near Oudenaarde.
Fifth Entry
The joyous entry into Ghent took place from 22 to 27 May 1301 and cost more than 27,000 pounds, more than 1 year's tax revenue. On 22 May, the royal couple arrived in Ghent. The Ghent friar reported on the events there: 'The people of Ghent met the king with great respect'. 'All dressed in new clothes, the citizens in two ways, because they were divided among themselves, and the common people in their own way. Many games were held. And the aldermen gave him beautiful and generous gifts'. The whole thing, still according to the friar, would have cost twenty-seven thousand pounds. Philip and his entourage stayed in Ghent for 5 days. In Ghent, there was great discontent among the common people about a tax on daily consumer goods, the ongeld. This tax was mainly levied to settle the heavy city debts. At the entrance of the king, the people asked for the abolition of this tax, which was granted by Philip in the heat of the magnificent festival held in his honour. This was very much against the will of the patriciate.
Sixth Entry
28 May 1301: Joyous Entry in Aardenburg.
Seventh Entry
May 29, 1301: Joyful entry, after a short visit to Damme, into Bruges. In Bruges, great celebrations were organized and they succeeded in creating great joy,’ wrote Lodewijk van Veltem. ‘The belfry was furnished in such a way that the king could stay there. After that, he also made Male his home. And he ordered food and wine there, because he wanted to be happy there.’ The people of Bruges were also in full regalia, organized many games and gave the king magnificent gifts. In Bruges, the patricians naturally wanted to avoid the events of Ghent with the abolition of the levy and so they forbade the common people to formulate any request along these lines, on pain of death. The result was that when the king entered Bruges, the people stood silently and dissatisfied along the side of the road, which greatly surprised the king. In the meantime, the patricians had spared no expense or effort to receive the king in all splendor, pomp and circumstance. It elicited the comment from the French queen that although she thought she was the only queen, apparently every woman in Flanders considered herself a queen. The people were dressed so richly. The French queen Jeanne of Navarre is even said to have remarked displeased: ‘I thought I was the only queen, but I see sixty of them around me’. The story comes from a historian (Meyer) from the sixteenth century.
Wijnendale
From 4 June to 12 June 1301 he stayed in the castle and country residence of the deposed and imprisoned Count of Flanders, Guy of Dampierre in Wijnendale. On 11 June 1301 he had a deed drawn up and sealed in the former castle of Wijnendale in favour of the inhabitants of Rijsel. (Lille)
Eigth Entry
June 13 to June 15, 1301. Ypres was his last stop. From June 13 to June 15. There too the reception was sumptuous.
Return
The royal procession returned home via the county of Artois.
References
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