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Illustrations from
'Chroniques' by Jean Froissart
copy from Paris, France, 1st quarter of the 15th Century
fol. 140, Battle of Roosebeke (1382)


A larger image of fol. 140, Battle of Roosebeke (1382)
fol. 140, bataille de roosebeke (1382)

Title: « Les Croniques que fist sire JEHAN FROISSART ». Français 2664
Author: Froissart, Jean (1337? -1410?). Author of the text
Publication date: 1401-1500
Type: manuscript
Language: French
Rights: public domain
Identify: ark: / 12148 / btv1b60007003
Source: Bibliothèque nationale de France, MS Français 2664. Captions from mandragore.bnf.fr

mandragore:
Cote : Français 2664
Auteur/Titre : jean froissart, chroniques
Titre d'usage :
Nom de pays : france
Origine : paris
Siècle : 15ème siècle
Date : 1er quart
Artiste :

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fol. 140r: Battle of Rosebecque (1382). On 27 November 1382, Flemish militiamen commanded by Philip Van Artevelde were routed by a royal French army. Charles VI of France had come in person to support his vassal the count of Flanders. Confronting the Flemish militiamen grouped together in a single block without flanking wings or reserves, the constable of France, Olivier de Clisson, resorted to the more effective tactic of setting out his troops in three battalions. When Van Artevelde’s men charged the French, the flanking wings of the French army closed in upon the rebels... No less than 25,000 Flemings were killed that day, including Van Artevelde. The Giac Master portrays the Flemings in a strategic position which should have given them an advantage: high on a hillside, they appear to dominate their adversaries.
Source: The Online Froissart