If there was one good that dominated medieval commerce it was cloth, and if there was one region that dominated the production and trade of cloth it was Flanders. Flanders, tucked right between France, The Holy Roman Empire, and England, was the commercial center of medieval Northern Europe. It’s cities were rich and powerful and at times brought the flower of French Chivalry to their knees.
Time Period Covered: 1100s-1346
Notable People: King Philip IV, King Philip VI, Guy of Dampierre, Robert of Bethune, Louis of Nevers
Notable Events/Developments: Cloth Trade in Flanders, Urbanization in Medieval Europe, City Rights, Rise of Guilds, Battle of the Golden Spurs
Sources
Medieval Flanders by David Nicholas
A History of the Low Countries by Paul Arblaster
The Burgundians by Bart Van Loo
Lotharingia by Simon Winder
Medieval Europe by Chris Wickham
An Historical Geography of Western Europe before 1800 by C. T. Smith
The Fair Face of Flanders by Patricia Carson
The Hundred Years War: Trial by Battle by Jonathan Sumption
Grand Dukes of the West 
Very impressed by the first few episodes, you have a confident style, and an engagement with the more academic literature that is appreciated.
Some notes on pronunciation (to the best of my knowledge):
Ypres – EE-pruh
Douai – doo-AYY
Vosges – VOW-zh (vow rhyming with row)
Francia – fran-KEE-ah
As for the matter of episode length, the more content the merrier imo! Even if it means splitting episodes into multiple episodes and thus progressing more slowly.
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Thanks so much! I appreciate the note on pronunciation and am always trying to improve with that. I’m a few episodes ahead script-wise and think that in general they’re going to be 30-35 minutes on average.
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