| Description |
1 online resource (xxvi, 267 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Warfare in history, 1358-779X |
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Warfare in history. 1358-779X
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| Contents |
Cover -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- 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 . . .' -- Introduction -- Flanders at the end of the thirteenth century -- The war -- Philip the Fair: Prince of Flanders -- Part One: Historiography and the Study of the Sources -- 1 A Problem for Historical Methodology -- Summary -- 2 The Sources -- The emergence of Flemish and French versions -- The sources of the French version -- The sources of the Flemish version -- Conclusion: the Flemish and French versions -- Part Two: Historical Overview of the 1302 Campaign -- 3 The Terrain at Courtrai -- The battlefield according to accounts of the period -- The terrain according to deeds, records and old maps -- General conclusion on the terrain -- 4 The Two Armies -- The numerical strength of the two armies -- The carved Flemish chest at New College, Oxford, and the equipment and arms of the Flemish troops -- 5 From the Bruges Matins to the Battle of the Spurs for freedom, equality and fraternity -- The strategic problem -- 6 11 July 1302 -- The council of war held in the French camp -- Preparations in the Flemish army -- The battle array chosen by the French forces -- The charge of the French left wing -- The charge of the French right wing -- The charge led by Robert d'Artois -- Crisis and conclusion -- The flight of the French rearguard and the pursuit -- General Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index -- Last Page |
| Summary |
On 11 July 1302, beneath the town walls of Courtrai, the most splendid army of knights in Christendom, the flower of French nobility, was utterly defeated by Flemish rebels, common workers and peasants. The superbly trained noblemen, who had devoted their whole life to the military profession, fully experienced in fighting on horseback in close ranks, were led by an able commander, the count of Artois, victor of a number of campaigns |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 251-259) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Kortrijk, Battle of, Kortrijk, Belgium, 1302.
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HISTORY -- General.
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HISTORY -- Medieval.
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| SUBJECT |
Flanders (Belgium) -- History
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France -- History -- Philip IV, 1285-1314.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85051277
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| Subject |
Belgium -- Flanders.
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Belgium -- Kortrijk.
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France.
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| Genre/Form |
History.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
DeVries, Kelly, 1956-
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| ISBN |
0585496749 |
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9780585496740 |
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1846150264 |
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9781846150265 |
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6610544956 |
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9786610544950 |
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