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Purchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free.This is an OCR edition with typos.Excerpt from book: CHAPTER IIIUTRECHT IN THE FOURTEENTH AND FIFTEENTH CENTURIESIN the thirteenth century Utrecht was under the political influence of Holland, and was often sacrificed to the interests of the countship.Bishop Guy of Hainaut (1301-1317) took an active part in the contest between Holland and Flanders, lost his liberty in battle near Duiveland, and remained for some time in the hands of the enemy. The Lower Sticht' was at this time under the control of the Flemings and their friends, with Lord John of Renesse at their head. When the Flemings were driven from Holland in 1304, they were obliged to vacate Utrecht too, and from that time Guy remained in close alliance with Holland.With the aid of the Hollanders he repulsed the Frisians, who menaced the safety of the region of Vollenhove, and with the same aid he held in check his arrogant nobles and the tumultuous cities. Within the walls of Utrecht the Lichtenberg party had fallen in the defeat of the Hollanders. Flemish supremacy had broken the strength of the patricians, the guilds had won permanent influence in the municipal government, and the guild patents of 1304 confirmed their gains. The council, whose power was steadily waxing in comparison with that of the patrician schepens' college, was henceforth composed oftwenty-four members elected by the aldermen of the guilds. The schepens were practically excluded from the municipal administration, and their duties became solely judicial. They were no longer chosen for life, but were appointed annually by the council. Thus a new spirit entered into the Utrecht government, the spirit of democracy. Our knowledge here is not as exact as for the Flemish cities either in regard to the development of these events or as to the leaders. Still, the nature of the movement is p... ... Read more

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