Battle Of Courtrai July 11 1302

Author : J. F. Verbruggen
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : History
ISBN : 9780851158884

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The Battle of the Golden Spurs (Courtrai, 11 July 1302) by J. F. Verbruggen Pdf

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. On 11 July 1302, below the town walls of Courtrai, the most splendid army of knights in Christendom, the flower of the French nobility, was utterly defeated by Flemish rebels, common workers and peasants. The French knights, products of a lifetime's training, were ably led; but so too were the Courtrai townspeople, in addition to being well-armed, and their victory, despite their lack of military skills (and golden spurs), put an end to the enduring myth of the invincibility of the knight. A French explanation of the terrible defeat was immediately given, intended to save the honour and pride of the French nobility; in Flanders the victory was glorified as a just reward for the bravery of the townsmen and the competence of their commanders. Unfortunately there were no impartial witnesses. Any account of the battle must therefore pay careful attention to the personalities of the chroniclers, their nationality, and their political and social leanings, as well as their personal sympathies. Verbruggen's study is prefaced by discussion of the problems of reconstruction and extensive consideration of the sources, showing the difficultiesfaced by medieval military historians in attempts to interpret them. He then offers his own account of the events of that dramatic day, a case study in the reconstruction of events in one of the greatest battles of the middle ages.J.F. VERBRUGGEN lectured at the Royal Military School in Brussels, and then taught in Africa, retiring as Professor of History, University of Congo, and University of Bujumbura (Burundi). He is also the author of The Art ofWarfare in Western Europe. Originally published in Dutch in 1954, translated and updated.

Author : André Geraque Kiffer
Publisher : Clube de Autores
Page : 93 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2020-01-02
Category : Social Science
ISBN : PKEY:CLDEAU47020

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Battle Of Courtrai, July 11, 1302 by André Geraque Kiffer Pdf

As an outline of the tactical maneuver that will be tested in the simulated battle game of chapter 3, we present the Staunton chess Opening as a model, where we will consider a hypothesis (compared to chess) that employs the battle order 12, Yarmuk s or the reinforced oblique on the attacking flank, which has its best use in an attack which a smaller force (Note: in this case the inferiority is more for the relative advantage of the Flemish defense device than the French attack s, than for the effective) against an bigger one, reserving from the initial shock the weakened flank.

Author : Randall Fegley
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2010-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 9780786480548

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The Golden Spurs of Kortrijk by Randall Fegley Pdf

The Franco-Flemish region of medieval Flanders was a locus of important trade routes in the 13th and 14th centuries. Located in a prime position between the Holy Roman Empire and the North Sea (present-day northern Belgium), the urban centers of the region were surpassed in population only by the city-states of central and northern Italy. This positioning afforded the Flemish citizens of the region great prosperity and they formed guilds to protect their rights, regulate their working hours and standardize their wages. These guilds produced a cohesive unit of people eager to retain the rights they had gained. In 1302, French cavalry faced the determined Flemish soldiers on foot at Kortrijk (Courtrai). This book analyzes the battle that ensued, its origins, consequences and legacy. It also examines the everyday lives of the inhabitants of Flanders; urban dwellers, knights, nobles, women and others. This is the first major English-language study of the historic 14th century battle between the French and the Flemish, a conflict whose repercussions linger in modern Belgium. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.

Author : Hendrik Conscience
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2014-10-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781326062156

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The Lion of Flanders by Hendrik Conscience Pdf

The Lion of Flanders is an historical novel, relating the Flemish struggle for freedom against France in the medieval times.

Author : Catharina Peersman,Gijsbert Rutten,Rik Vosters
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614514152

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Past, Present and Future of a Language Border by Catharina Peersman,Gijsbert Rutten,Rik Vosters Pdf

This volume revisits the issue of language contact and conflict in the Low Countries across space and time. The contributions deal with important sites of Germanic-Romance contact along the different language borders, covering languages such as French, Dutch, German, and Luxembourgish. This first monograph in English on the topic broadens our understanding of current-day issues by integrating a historical perspective, showing how language contact and conflict operated from the Middle Ages and the Early Modern Period, the 18th and 19th centuries, and into the 20th and 21st centuries.

Author : Susanna Fein
Publisher : Medieval Institute Publications
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781580445047

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Studies in the Harley Manuscript by Susanna Fein Pdf

Studies in the Harley Manuscript is the first comprehensive examination of a manuscript that is of supreme value to literary scholars of medieval English literature. In an Introduction and fifteen essays a team of scholars considers many aspects of the 140 folios of this trilingual miscellany that preserves 121 items (or 122 depending on how one counts) from which we get a strange and privileged glimpse into the rich literary heritage that existed in England prior to the flourishing of vernacular poetry in the Richardian era. As the Contents indicates, the history and composition of the manuscript are considered, as are the Anglo-Norman, English, and Latin compositions that it preserves. This is a companion volume to the three volume complete edition of Harley 2253.

Author : Spencer C. Tucker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 3127 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781851096725

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A Global Chronology of Conflict [6 volumes] by Spencer C. Tucker Pdf

This monumental six-volume resource offers engaging entries of major diplomatic, military, and political events driving world conflicts from ancient times to the present. Now from ABC-CLIO, long regarded as a premier publisher of military history, comes a monumental resource that encapsulates the entire scope of conflict among human societies. Spanning nearly five millennia, from the earliest documented fighting to the present, A Global Chronology of Conflict: From the Ancient World to the Modern Middle East, provides a comprehensive survey of major military events. With coverage that reaches beyond the battles, this work examines the political and diplomatic forces driving world conflicts, revolutions, forced changes of governments, international treaties, and acts of aggression and terrorism. Written by acclaimed military historian Spencer C. Tucker, these six chronologically organized volumes offer an accessible, richly detailed timeline of military conflict across human history. The concise entries cover all important events on the battlefield and in the corridors of power, with special features highlighting hundreds of key leaders and weapon systems. From specific data on casualties to coverage of evolving weapons technology to insightful analyses of the social impact of war, A Global Chronology of Conflict is an essential resource for students, researchers, history buffs, and general readers alike.

Author : Franz Kurowski
Publisher : Stackpole Books
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780811706568

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Panzergrenadier Aces by Franz Kurowski Pdf

Exciting stories of the infantrymen who supported Germany's tanksHow tanks and infantry cooperated at the small-unit levelFirst time in EnglishThe panzergrenadiers were the footsoldiers who went into battle alongside the Third Reich's feared tanks. Whether in the Wehrmacht or Waffen-SS, these troops endured all the horrors of infantry combat--fighting hand-to-hand, storming enemy positions, and rescuing fallen comrades--but they did so in the shadow of thundering giants like the Tiger and Panther. Kurowski tells the stories of some of the very best of these mechanized infantrymen, bringing them and their actions to life.

Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9780744048261

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Battles Map by Map by DK Pdf

Experience the world's most significant battles through bold, easy-to-grasp maps. Covering everything from the battlefields of the ancient world to the bomb-scarred landscapes of World War II and beyond, this ebook includes engrossing maps telling the story of history's most famous battles. Using brand new, in-depth maps and expert analysis, see for yourself how legendary military milestones were won and lost, and how tactics, technology, vision, and luck have all played a part in the outcome of wars throughout history. Additionally, historic paintings, photographs, and objects take you to the heart of the action; profiles introduce famous commanders and military leaders and analyze their achievements; and the impact of groundbreaking weapons and battlefield innovations is revealed. Bursting with lavish illustrations and full of fascinating detail, Battles Map by Map is the ultimate history ebook for map lovers, military history enthusiasts, and armchair generals everywhere.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 640 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Statistics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044105540215

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McCarty's Annual Statistician by Anonim Pdf

Author : Charles Oman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 371 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-22
Category : History
ISBN : 9781351335225

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Routledge Revivals: A History of the Art of War in the Middle Ages (1978) by Charles Oman Pdf

First published in 1898, and following on from Volume 1, this second volume charts the history of medieval warfare from 1278 to 1485. Written by Sir Charles Oman, one of the great medievalists of his time, this book remains for students and general readers one of the best accounts of military art in the Middle Ages. Many of the chapters have been re-written in view of new research. This edition is based on Methuen’s 1978 revised and enlarged edition, which includes new chapters on the Swiss Confederacy, the Tartars, the Ottoman Turks, The Italian Condottieri, the English campaigns in France in the 15th century, the Wars of the Roses, and the early employment of artillery.

Author : Britannica Educational Publishing
Publisher : Britanncia Educational Publishing
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781615309795

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Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands by Britannica Educational Publishing Pdf

Despite being known as the Low Countries, Belgium, Luxembourg, and the Netherlands are far from insignificant. The Benelux Economic Union, which sought economic integration between the three countries, in fact served as the model for the European Union. Additionally, each of the three boasts rich histories, and what they lack in size or population, they make up for in thriving cultural climates. This absorbing volume pays each country its due, surveying the lands, societies, traditions, and histories that have elevated the Low Countries on the world stage.

Author : Joanna Bellis,Laura Slater
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : History
ISBN : 9781783271559

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Representing War and Violence by Joanna Bellis,Laura Slater Pdf

An examination of written and other responses to conflict in a variety of forms and genres, from the thirteenth to the seventeenth century.

Author : Various
Publisher : 北戴河出版
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : History
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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The Great Events of Global History, Vol. 7 by Various Pdf

History, if we define it as the mere transcription of the written records of former generations, can go no farther back than the time such records were first made, no farther than the art of writing. But now that we have come to recognize the great earth itself as a story-book, as a keeper of records buried one beneath the other, confused and half obliterated, yet not wholly beyond our comprehension, now the historian may fairly be allowed to speak of a far earlier day. For unmeasured and immeasurable centuries man lived on earth a creature so little removed from "the beasts that die," so little superior to them, that he has left no clearer record than they of his presence here. From the dry bones of an extinct mammoth or a plesiosaur, Cuvier reconstructed the entire animal and described its habits and its home. So, too, looking on an ancient, strange, scarce human skull, dug from the deeper strata beneath our feet, anatomists tell us that the owner was a man indeed, but one little better than an ape. A few æons later this creature leaves among his bones chipped flints that narrow to a point; and the archæologist, taking up the tale, explains that man has become tool-using, he has become intelligent beyond all the other animals of earth. Physically he is but a mite amid the beast monsters that surround him, but by value of his brain he conquers them. He has begun his career of mastery.

Author : Alexander Mikaberidze
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 969 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2013-06-25
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9798216050643

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Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes [2 volumes] [2 volumes] by Alexander Mikaberidze Pdf

Both concise and wide-ranging, this encyclopedia covers massacres, atrocities, war crimes, and genocides, including acts of inhumanity on all continents; and serves as a reminder that lest we forget, history will repeat itself. The 400-plus entries in Atrocities, Massacres, and War Crimes: An Encyclopedia provide accessible and concise information on the difficult subject of abject human violence committed on all continents. The entries in this two-volume work describe atrocities, massacres, and war crimes committed in the 20th century, thereby documenting how human beings have repeatedly proven their capability to commit horrific acts of inhumanity even in relatively recent times and within the modern era. The encyclopedia covers countries, treaties, and terms; profiles individuals who had been formally indicted for war crimes as well as those who have committed mass atrocities and gone unpunished; and addresses human rights violations, crimes against humanity, and crimes against peace.