Story of Flanders: Why do the Flemish get so worked up about the Battle of the Golden Spurs? | VRT NWS: news

Hit series “Het Verhaal van Vlaanderen” (The Story of Flanders) recently concentrated on the Battle of the Golden Spurs. It’s a battle that has garnered totemic importance in the story of Flemish emancipation and has also given us a free day as the anniversary of the battle on 11 July is the Flemish Holiday. The real story of the battle is pretty complex as historian Jan Dumolyn and literary theorist Kevin Absillis explain.