Foreword Marc Boone; Introduction Andrew Brown and Jan Dumolyn; 1. Origins and early history Jan Dumolyn, Georges Declercq, Brigitte Meijns, Bieke Hillewaert, Yann Hollevoet, Marc Ryckaert and Wim De Clercq; 2. The urban landscape I: c.1100–c.1275 Jan Dumolyn, Marc Ryckaert, Brigitte Meijns, Heidi Deneweth and Luc Devliegher; 3. Production, markets and socio-economic structures I: c.1100–c.1320 Peter Stabel, Jeroen Puttevils and Jan Dumolyn; 4. Social groups, political power and institutions, c.1100–1304 Jan Dumolyn, Georges Declercq and Jelle Haemers; 5. The urban landscape II: c.1275–c.1500 Jan Dumolyn, Marc Ryckaert, Heidi Deneweth, Luc Devliegher and Guy Dupont; 6. Production, markets and socio-economic structures II: c.1320–c.1500 Peter Stabel, Jeroen Puttevils, Jan Dumolyn, Bart Lambert, James M. Murray and Guy Dupont; 7. Political power and social groups, c.1300–c.1500 Jan Dumolyn, Frederik Buylaert, Guy Dupont, Jelle Haemers and Andy Ramandt; 8. Religious practices c.1200–1500 Andrew Brown and Hendrik Callewier; 9. Texts, images and sounds in the urban environment, c.1100–c.1500 Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, Johan Oosterman, Nele Gabriëls, Andrew Brown and Hendrik Callewier; 10. Bruges in the sixteenth century: a 'return to normalcy' Ludo Vandamme, Peter Stabel, Jan Dumolyn, Andrew Brown, Maximiliaan P. J. Martens, Nele Gabriëls and Johan Oosterman; Conclusion: Bruges within the medieval urban landscape Andrew Brown and Jan Dumolyn.

'A team of the best specialists presents an up-to-date overview of medieval Bruges, the metropolis of North-Western Europe, linking the Mediterranean and the Northern markets, innovative in commercial techniques as well as in the production of refined arts-and-crafts. All aspects are integrated in a social framework explaining the city's exceptional creativity.' Wim Blockmans, University of Leiden