The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302): A Contribution to the History of Flanders' War of Liberation, 1297-1305 (Warfare in History, 13)

by David Richard Ferguson (Translator), Kelly DeVries (Editor), J.F. Verbruggen (Author)

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  Hardcover
  2002

  $142.78

  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 battle.