Uprising of Ghent and Flemish City Revolts (1379–1385)

Timeline

1. 1371–1375Bruges · FlandersIn the early 1370s, cities such as Bruges and Ypres grew increasingly dissatisfied with Count Louis de Male's pro-French policies and heavy taxation; exorbitant war taxes and French garrisons left the cities on a hair trigger. (The "Bruges Matins" refers to the massacre of the French garrison on May 18, 1302, not 1370.)
2. 1376–1380Ghent · FlandersIn the late 1370s, Ghent, Flanders' largest city, was first to stir again, with weavers' guilds opposing the count's increased levies and restrictions on autonomy. Ypres, Bruges, and others either voiced support or stood by, forming a standoff between the count and the cities. French King Charles V repeatedly intervened to mediate or send troops, but failed to eradicate the tradition of urban resistance.
3. 1383–1385County of Flanders · FlandersIn November 1382 French forces defeated the Ghent rebels at the Battle of Roosebeke, and Philip van Artevelde was killed; Louis de Male died in January 1384 (the original manuscript's 1380 is an error), and Flanders passed to his daughter Margaret III and Philip, Duke of Burgundy (the Bold), as the Duchy of Burgundy began to control the Low Countries.