Haut viru 700 Joer: De Jang de Blannen a säin Aggressiounskrich géint Metz

Exactly 700 years ago, in September 1324, John the Blind (1296-1346) led a coalition of 4 great lords to attack the city of Metz. They accused its citizens of practising usury and being too arrogant. However, the aim of the coalition was to conquer the free imperial city. Numerous documents, including intriguing narrative sources, in which John the Blind, but also his uncle Baldwin, Archbishop of Trier, are portrayed in negative terms, tell the story of this failed war of aggression. Since the 19^th century, the Count of Luxembourg and King of Bohemia has been regarded as a national hero in Luxembourg, but this has not always and everywhere been the case: The War of Metz will serve here as a starting point for exploring the ambivalent portrayal of John the Blind in the literature of the period.