Right: The Burghers of Ghent submit to Philip the Good after the Battle of Gavere.
By the Autumn of 1451, it looked like the political conflict between Ghent and Philip the Good had worked itself out, but this episode isn’t called the Ghent Revolt for nothing. The recently pacified city would erupt into revolutionary violence before the end of the year.
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Time Period Covered: 1451-1453
Notable People: Philip the Good, Lievin Boone, Simon de Lalaing, John of Nevers Count of Etampes, Cornille of Burgundy, Jacques de Lalaing
Notable Events/Developments: The Ghent Revolt, Wapening of 1451, Battle of Gavere, Death of Cornille of Burgundy, Death of Jacques de Lalaing
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
The Diary of Ghent
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy by Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries
‘The Walls Come Tumbling Down’: The Campaigns of Philip the Good and the Myth of Fortification Vulnerability to Early Gunpowder Weapons by Kelly DeVries
Medieval Flanders by David Nicholas
The Later Medieval City 1300-1500 by David Nicholas
The Politics of Factional Conflict in Late Medieval Flanders by Jonas Braekevelt, Frederik Buylaert, Jan Dumolyn and Jelle Haemers
Communes and Conflict: Urban Rebellion in Late Medieval Flanders by Jan Dumolyn and Jelle Haemers
Grand Dukes of the West 