Event
Flemish Revolt: A uprising in Flanders is caused by both excessive taxation levied by Louis I, and by his pro-French policies
Nov 1323 · 51.21° N, 3.22° E
What the records say
- When
- Nov 1323
- Kind
- Event
- Coordinates
- 51.21° N, 3.22° E
Placed at the area around the town it links, Bruges.
Summary
Flemish Revolt: A uprising in Flanders is caused by both excessive taxation levied by Louis I, and by his pro-French policies. The revolt is led by landowning farmers under Nicolaas Zannekin. Members of the local gentry join and William Deken, mayor of Bruges, becomes the leader of the revolt.
3 sources record it
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributorsCreative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (French), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “début de la révolte des Karls en Flandre maritime (fin en 1328)”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Russian), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “крестьянское восстание во Фландрии”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page