ID: 901001643 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001643	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of the Golden Spurs (European history, 1302)

Note: Military engagement in which an untrained Flemish infantry militia comprised of members of the weaver's guild defeated a French and patrician Flemish cavalry, which ended the threat of French annexation and began the political ascendancy of the weavers’ guild in the urban centers. The Battle of the Golden Spurs became an important cultural reference for the Flemish Movement in the 19th and early 20th century.

Display Date: 1302

Names:

	Battle of the Golden Spurs (European history, 1302) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Battle of Courtrai (European history, 1302) (English,U,P)
	Battle of Kortrijk (European history, 1302) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<European history> (P)
		........Battle of the Golden Spurs (European history, 1302) (I)

Other Relationships:

	located in .... Kortrijk
	.....(West-Vlaanderen, Flanders, Belgium, Europe) (TGN)

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	belligerent was .... France
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	belligerent was .... Flanders
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

Sources:

	Battle of the Golden Spurs (European history, 1302)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Battle of Courtrai (European history, 1302)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)
	Battle of Kortrijk (European history, 1302)
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Langer, Encyclopedia of World History (1980)