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The City of Ghent 1290-1315 Ghent in the Fourteenth Century Golden Spurs Page: 1 / 312 René Jean-Paul Dewil The City of Ghent 1290-1315 Ghent in the fourteenth century Golden Spurs © René Jean-Paul Dewil Number of words: 171002 February 2016 – December 2016 Golden Spurs Page: 2 / 312 Copyright Clause Copyright © René Jean-Paul Dewil 2017 René Jean-Paul Dewil is identified as the sole author of this work. All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be altered without the written permission of the author. The book may be copied in electronic or other forms for personal use only. It may not be printed, introduced in any retrieval system, electronic or otherwise, photocopied or otherwise recorded without the prior written permission of the author. The only system where the e-book may be retrieved from is the Internet website www.theartofpainting.be, which holds the only and original text acknowledged by the author. This publication remains under copyright. ‘The City – Golden Spurs’ is a work of fiction. Except for the names of the kings, popes, dukes, counts, and other nobility, the names used and the characters of the novel are only the result of the imagination of the author. Any resemblance to persons existing or dead is purely coincidental. © René Jean-Paul Dewil Number of words: 171002 February 2016 – December 2016 Golden Spurs Page: 3 / 312 Table of Contents Table of Contents ....................................................................................................................... 3 The Characters ........................................................................................................................... 6 Sons and Daughters of Count Guy de Dampierre ................................................................ 13 Chapter 1. King Philip the Fair and Count Guy of Dampierre. 1212-1302 ............................. 14 1.1 Introduction. The Chronicles of Fulk of Ghent. 1212-1280 .......................................... 14 Flanders ............................................................................................................................ 19 England ............................................................................................................................. 26 Germany ........................................................................................................................... 29 Ghent ................................................................................................................................ 30 A grand design .................................................................................................................. 33 1.2. Juris Vresele. 1280-1284 ............................................................................................... 35 1.3. Fulk’s Chronicles. Count Guy of Dampierre. 1280-1292 ............................................. 42 King Philip IV the Fair, king of France ............................................................................ 48 England ............................................................................................................................. 52 Germany ........................................................................................................................... 56 1.4. Fulk’s Chronicles. The French-Flemish Conflict starts. 1293-1297 ............................. 58 The Conflict of France with Pope Boniface VIII ............................................................. 67 England and Flanders ....................................................................................................... 68 1.5. Arnout de Hert. 1297 ..................................................................................................... 76 1.6. Fulk’s Chronicles. The first French Campaign in Flanders. 1297-1299 ....................... 86 The Battle of Bulskamp .................................................................................................... 86 The Advance of the French Campaign ............................................................................. 87 The Period of the Truce of Groeninge. 1298-1300 .......................................................... 91 1.7. Under the Leliaerts in Ghent. 1300 ............................................................................... 97 Juris Vresele’s Pilgrimage ................................................................................................ 99 1.8. Fulk’s Chronicles. France’s occupation of Flanders. 1300-mid 1301 ........................ 106 England ........................................................................................................................... 110 Germany ......................................................................................................................... 112 1.9. John Denout. 1300-1301 ............................................................................................. 114 1.10. Ghent and Jan Borluut. 1300-1302 ........................................................................... 122 © René Jean-Paul Dewil Number of words: 171002 February 2016 – December 2016 Golden Spurs Page: 4 / 312 1.11. Fulk’s Chronicles. The Flemish Revolt. Mid 1301- mid 1302 ................................. 126 The Bruges Matins.......................................................................................................... 129 Willem van Jülich and Guy de Namur ........................................................................... 131 Edward I, Philip IV and Boniface VIII ........................................................................... 134 Scheme of the Battle of Kortrijk. 11 July 1302 ..................................................................... 137 Chapter 2. The Golden Spurs ................................................................................................. 138 2.1. The Preparations for the Battle of Kortrijk. 1302 ....................................................... 138 Juris, Raes, John and Wouter .......................................................................................... 144 2.2. The Battle of Kortrijk. 11 July 1302 ........................................................................... 148 The Morning of the 11th of July ...................................................................................... 148 The Attack of the French Crossbowmen ........................................................................ 153 The Beginning of the Assaults of the French Battles ..................................................... 157 The Charge of the French Left Wing .............................................................................. 160 The Charge of the French Right Wing ........................................................................... 165 The Castle Garrison’s Sally ............................................................................................ 169 The French Breakthrough in the Flemish Centre ........................................................... 172 The Charge of Robert of Artois’ Battle Formation ........................................................ 176 The French Débâcle ........................................................................................................ 179 2.3. Raes van Lake. 1303 ................................................................................................... 183 2.4. Fulk’s Chronicles. The Aftermath. July 1302 - August 1304. .................................... 193 The Beginning of the Flemish Military Campaigns ....................................................... 194 More Flemish Raids........................................................................................................ 196 Philip of Chieti................................................................................................................ 198 The Battle of Arques ....................................................................................................... 199 The Incident of Agnani ................................................................................................... 201 Mons-en-Pévèle .............................................................................................................. 202 England and Scotland ..................................................................................................... 205 2.5. Wouter de Smet. 1303-1304........................................................................................ 207 2.6. The Sea-Battle of Zierikzee. 10-11 August 1304. ....................................................... 211 Schematic Map of the Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle ............................................................... 227 © René Jean-Paul Dewil Number of words: 171002 February 2016 – December 2016 Golden Spurs Page: 5 / 312 2.7. The Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle..................................................................................... 228 The Preparations to the Battle ........................................................................................ 228 The Battle begins ............................................................................................................ 233 Surrounding Assaults by the French knights .................................................................. 238 Negotiations for Peace .................................................................................................... 242 Three massive assaults of the French Army ................................................................... 243 New Negotiations ..........................................................................................................
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