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The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305 Book

The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305
The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305, On 11 July 1302, below the town walls of Courtrai, the most splendid army of knights in Christendom, the flower of the French nobility, was utterly defeated by Flemish rebels, common workers and peasants. The French knights, products of a lifetime's train, The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305 has a rating of 2.5 stars
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The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305, On 11 July 1302, below the town walls of Courtrai, the most splendid army of knights in Christendom, the flower of the French nobility, was utterly defeated by Flemish rebels, common workers and peasants. The French knights, products of a lifetime's train, The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305
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  • The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305
  • Written by author J. F. Verbruggen
  • Published by Boydell & Brewer, Limited, August 2002
  • On 11 July 1302, below the town walls of Courtrai, the most splendid army of knights in Christendom, the flower of the French nobility, was utterly defeated by Flemish rebels, common workers and peasants. The French knights, products of a lifetime's train
  • Flemish townspeople defeat the cream of French nobility, and explode the myth of knightly invincibility for ever. Discussion of bias in sources and difficulties of interpretation preface careful account of what actually happened during the three-hour batt
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General Editor's Preface
Editor's Introduction to the 2002 edition
Foreword to the 1952 edition
Acknowledgements (to the 1952 edition)
Preface: 'An almost impossible event ...'
Introduction1
1A Problem for Historical Methodology29
2The Sources40
The emergence of Flemish and French versions40
The sources of the French version45
The sources of the Flemish version83
Conclusion: the Flemish and French versions113
3The Terrain at Courtrai127
The battlefield according to accounts of the period130
The terrain according to deeds, records and old maps135
Conclusion on the terrain150
4The Two Armies152
The numerical strength of the two armies152
The carved Flemish chest at New College, Oxford, and the equipment and arms of the Flemish troops195
5From the Bruges Matins to the Battle of the Spurs for freedom, equality and fraternity211
The strategic problem218
611 July 1302222
The council of war held in the French camp224
Preparations in the Flemish army226
The battle array chosen by the French forces230
The battle of the crossbowmen231
The charge of the French left wing232
The charge of the French right wing235
The intervention of Jan van Renesse236
The charge led by Robert d'Artois237
Crisis and conclusion238
The flight of the French rearguard and the pursuit240
General Conclusion244
Bibliography251
Index261


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