Late Middle Ages · Europe · War

1382

Battle of Roosebeke crushes Ghent rebels

November 1382

Philippe van Artevelde led the Flemish weavers against a French royal army on a foggy hillside in West Flanders. Charles VI's chivalry rolled over the rebels in a brutal envelopment. Van Artevelde was found dead in a mud pit. Flemish autonomy from French royal taxation took a generation to recover.

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Before and after in Europe

Before: 1381: John Ball preached: 'When Adam delved and Eve span'
After: 1383: Portuguese crisis: John of Aviz defends Lisbon

Before and after in War

Before: 1381: Timur conquers Herat and absorbs Khorasan
After: 1383: Portuguese crisis: John of Aviz defends Lisbon

Era

Late Middle Ages (1301–1500), one of 874 events from that era on Saeculum.

Sources

Wikipedia: Battle of Roosebeke