What was it like to govern a mid-sized town in the Burgundian Netherlands at the end of the Middle Ages? Who rules and how? These are the three closely related questions that are examined in this volume on the example of the city of Namur. The book provides a close look at the institutions as well as the individuals that were involved in the process of decision-making in this municipality under the tutelage of the Dukes of Burgundy. French text.