Want to know why 'Fleming' was considered an insult in late medieval England and 'Dutchman' was not? Bart Lambert and Josh Ravenhill published an article about nationality-related slurs in 15th-century London in the Vierteljahrschrift für Sozial- und Wirtschaftsgeschichte. They conclude that insults such as 'false Lombard' or 'stinking Fleming' were informed by the specific political and economic developments of the time, rather than by blanket xenophobia.
Now available via following link: https://doi.org/10.25162/vswg-2025-0001