Editing Ingelmunster (section)

===The Middle Ages===

The famous Flemish historian [[Sanderus]] mentioned Ingelmunster as "Anglo-Monasterium" ("English monastery"), but the name could also have originated from the term "Angle-Monastère" ("monastery on the corner"), as it was situated in the outskirts of the [[fiefdom]].

It is said that [[Saint Amand]] ordered the locals to have a [[Church (building)|church]] built in the village, going so far as to plan a monastery. Additionally, [[Robrecht the Frisian]] thought of the village as a strategic point and considered it important enough to have a fortification built. The parish was transferred to the chapter of [[Harelbeke]] around 1200. In 1300, the castle and the fiefdom fell into the possession of the lords of Rode, from the region of [[Dendermonde]].

In the [[Middle Ages]], Ingelmunster was, partly owing to its fortification, an important location in the [[Castellany]] of [[Kortrijk]] and the [[canton (administrative division)|canton]] of Harelbeke. The village fiefdom came under the rule of the lords of Gistel after the House of Rode. It then became part of [[Duchy of Burgundy|Burgundy]] and [[Cleves]], and ultimately subject to the French throne.

The most famous royal resident of the village was [[Philip IV of France|Philip the Fair]], King of France, who resided in the castle in 1297, five years before the [[Battle of the Golden Spurs]]. At that time, Philip was on his way to punish [[Bruges]]. The people of Bruges met him halfway with an offer of submission to his rule, on the condition that they be allowed to keep the relic of the Holy Blood. The French king accepted.