Qualla: Battle of Roosebeke https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:06 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/4/1/battle-of-roosebeke-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Battle of Roosebeke https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke Battle of Roosebeke: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke/ Photo credit Loyset Liédet, Public domain. When Count Louis II of Flanders demanded that the men of Ghent present themselves with halters around their necks so he could choose whom to pardon and whom to execute, they chose instead to fight. On May 3rd, 1382, led by Philip van Artevelde, they smashed Louis's overconfident army at Beverhoutsveld. But victories by commoners against nobles could not be tolerated in fourteenth-century Europe. The French nobility, facing their own peasant unrest at home, assembled an army that would meet the Flemish rebels on the Goudberg hill at Roosebeke six months later.

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/4/1/battle-of-roosebeke-wp/u141-battle-of-roosebeke-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Roosebeke: A City That Would Not Bow https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke/ Photo credit Loyset Liédet, Public domain. Ghent in 1382 was one of the great commercial cities of northern Europe, its wealth built on the cloth trade. The citizens had rebelled against Count Louis II's rule, and when he besieged them and offered his brutal terms of surrender, they turned to Philip van Artevelde, son of ...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/4/1/battle-of-roosebeke-wp/u141-battle-of-roosebeke-a-city-that-would-not-bow.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Roosebeke: The Gathering Storm https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke/ Photo credit Loyset Liédet, Public domain. The French assembled 10,000 men south of Arras in early November: 6,500 men-at-arms, 2,000 pikemen, and 1,500 crossbowmen and archers. King Charles VI himself rode with the army, along with the dukes of Burgundy, Bourbon, and Berry. Most significantly, they carried the Oriflamme,...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/4/1/battle-of-roosebeke-wp/u141-battle-of-roosebeke-the-gathering-storm.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Roosebeke: The Crossing at Comines https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke/ Photo credit Loyset Liédet, Public domain. Van Artevelde assured the people of Ypres that the French would never cross the Lys River. He was wrong. At Comines, 900 Flemish soldiers under Peter van den Bossche and Peter de Winter held the broken bridge. But the French commander Olivier de Clisson ferried 400 knights across...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/4/1/battle-of-roosebeke-wp/u141-battle-of-roosebeke-the-crossing-at-comines.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Roosebeke: Fog on the Goudberg https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke/ Photo credit Loyset Liédet, Public domain. Van Artevelde made his stand on the Goudberg, a hill between Oostnieuwkerke and Passendale. On the morning of November 27th, dense fog blanketed the slopes. Van Artevelde planned to use the mist for a surprise attack, ordering his men to advance in a tight square formation to pre...

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]]> Thu, 22 Jan 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/u/1/4/1/battle-of-roosebeke-wp/u141-battle-of-roosebeke-fog-on-the-goudberg.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Roosebeke: The Death of a Dream https://qualla.com/battle-of-roosebeke/ Photo credit Loyset Liédet, Public domain. The main body of Flemish troops had no choice but to form a circle, the classic defensive posture of desperate infantry. But surrounded and compressed, they could not maneuver. French cavalry and infantry pushed inward. Philip van Artevelde was killed in the crush. His body was f...

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