by Hendrik Conscience · ISBN 5413660887617
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«De Leeuw van Vlaanderen of de Slag der gulden sporen» is the historical novel by Hendrik Conscience, published by Het Laatste Nieuws in hardback.
Set in thirteenth-century Flanders, the story follows the resistance of the Flemish people to French domination up to the Battle of the Golden Spurs of 1302, where the urban militias defeat the French army. It is a key work of Flemish nationalism that recreates a decisive era in Flanders' past.
The novel first appeared in 1838 and has since been translated into several languages.
For those interested in the medieval history of Flanders and in works that reflect its national identity.
Henri (Hendrik) Conscience was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. He is best known for his romantic nationalist novel, The Lion of Flanders (1838), inspired by the victory of a Flemish peasant militia over French knights at the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs during the Franco-Flemish War.
