Amazing story of resistance - Battle of the Golden Spurs, 1302

I know people say the french being cowards is a myth because of their military history. But i would argue that the french might like napoleon and charlemagne are the exceptions. Battles like this are all too common in french history. French are superior, french feel superior, french get stopped by inferior troop, french run. Its a continuous loop of france believing they are impervious. The maginot was the exact same thing.

I'm amazed that Flanders territory was presented well. A lot channels display current day Flanders which is a bit of an issue. Love the correct presentation.

Great work!

Stupid brave Flanders!

i was always under the impression that flanders' biggest rival was actually homer...? 🤔

what was it with the french and running down their own crossbowmen all the time?

I am flemish/ Belgian and when saying “goedendag” you say it like “good” not like “hooten” it also sounds more like the german word “gutendag”

gotta love a good underdog story

As your video suggested, the french retrouped after their fefeat. When did they come back. It would be a good topic for a future video. cheers.

België 🎉🎉🎉

Jean the Burlat and Godfrey de Brabant : show plans to wear the Flemish troops out These plans will help us gain victory over the Flemish peasants
Rest of the war council: That's for schoolgirls. draw a 'plan' for an all-out assault Now here's a plan with some chest hair!

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Jan Breydel, the lion of Flanders. The Club Brughes football arena is called the Jan Breydel stadium. Definitely Flemish folklore, partially boosted in fame by the book "De witte van Zichem" by Ernest Claes.

I know for a fact my ancestors fought in these battles, proud to be from Flanders!

Lol, say hello to my little friend called Goodday

Did he really say "booty"???

And the year after they came back and crushed all resistance 😅

Narrator voice super amazing... Without his voice vid ain't worth watching ❤

Flanders was the only French fief that could liberate itself from the French crown and become independent.

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The amount of battles where nobles think, a horse and stick is enough, than proceeds whitout the rest of the army😂😂😂😂 mindboggling

Again that old tale. No they did not say "schild en vriend" (shield and friend), they cried "des gilden vriend" (friend of the guilds), as the guilds were the main supporters of the Flemish count.

Excellent

Schild en Vriend!

Nice to live in a city with such a cool history. We still have the golden spurs hanging in on of our churches.

So the French were winning, but their Commander pulled them back to steal the glory and causing friendly casualties along the way? 😶

It amazes me how stupid some of these so called genrals are lmao

I like your stuff, but you still get a dislike+report for promoting a scam like masterworks.

Very well made!

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Master works is a ripoff, if he has better sponsors use them.

about time someone picked up on this battle and the influence it had in the centuary that followed

Inspiring story 🧐

This seems to be a running meme with French knights rushing head first into a massive defeat because they cannot stand the idea of combined arms warfare.

Love Flanders. It's weird to go somewhere in Europe where us English are NOT the most hated.

It's crazy how we say the same spelled words but pronounced different

If one battle has to be taught in schools, it is this. Humanity needs to evolve past class racism.

It seems that French noblemen had a long history of underestimating their opponents.

Al wat Walsch is Valsch is, sla dood!

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20% gain on art lol that's cute I remember my first beer

And the French won the war two years later at the battle of Mons en Pevele. Then in 1328, the French crushed another Flemish rebellion. And then again in 1382 at Roosebeke, when the golden spurs were recovered and sent back to France... The battle of the Golden Spurs is a rare defeat in a long defeat of French victories

excelent!

French were like let’s charge head on, no infantry support, into archers, charge across a soggy field, cross a canal, ride past spike traps and charge straight into spears and polearms with inferior numbers and the canal to our backs👏👏👏👏👏

me seeing the town that i live in on the map of flanders instert meme of person pointing

July 11th is a holiday in Flanders

Will you cover battle of indus 1221 between mongol vs kwarizmian

Totally crazy battle.

Great channel, great vid!