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#13 – The Rise and Fall of ‘Brewer of Ghent’, Jacob Van Artevelde
14 February 2022
The Flemish victory over the French at the Battle of the Golden Spurs in 1302 led to a vast change in social structures, but that battle did not finish or solve the issues between Flanders, France and England. By the 1320s Flanders had still been in near-constant warfare for decades and was, frankly
Kortrijk Earns It Spurs
6 January 2022
There is a new Kortrijk emerging that has nothing to do with the Battle of the Golden Spurs or flax grown along the banks of the river Lys. Once mockingly called ‘the Dallas of Flanders’, the West Flemish city boasts a vivid music scene and is now hoping to win the nomination for European Capita
#10 – The Battle of the Golden Spurs Set Flanders Free
30 August 2021
In 1302, after two years of French military occupation and several years of unrest, many cities in Flanders revolted against French rule. On 11 July, an untrained Flemish infantry militia defeated a professional force of French cavalry during the Battle of Golden Spurs in Kortrijk, Flanders. This un