The romanticized story of the Battle of the Golden Spurs in Kortrijk, a military confrontation between France and Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the Franco-Flemish War (1297–1305). It is generally regarded as the masterpiece of Conscience, which earned him the title "the man who taught his people to read".
The romanticized story of the Battle of the Golden Spurs in Kortrijk, a military confrontation between France and Flanders on 11 July 1302 during the Franco-Flemish War (1297–1305). It is generally regarded as the masterpiece of Conscience, which earned him the title "the man who taught his people to read".