page_title: Battle of Cassel (1328)
hierarchical_section_title: Battle of Cassel (1328)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Bataille de Cassel (1328). Enluminure des Grandes Chroniques de France, XIVe siècle. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale de France, Département des manuscrits, Français 2813, folio 355 verso.
context_page_description: On 23 August 1328, the Battle of Cassel took place near the city of Cassel, 30 km south of Dunkirk in present-day France. Philip VI, fought Nicolaas Zannekin, a wealthy farmer from Lampernisse. Zannekin was the leader of a band of Flemish independence rebels. The fighting erupted over taxation and punitive edicts of the French over the Flemish. The battle was won decisively by the French. Zannekin and about 3,200 Flemish rebels were killed in the battle.
context_section_description: On 23 August 1328, the Battle of Cassel took place near the city of Cassel, 30 km south of Dunkirk in present-day France. Philip VI, (King of France from 1328 to 1350) fought Nicolaas Zannekin, a wealthy farmer from Lampernisse. Zannekin was the leader of a band of Flemish independence rebels. The fighting erupted over taxation and punitive edicts of the French over the Flemish. The battle was won decisively by the French. Zannekin and about 3,200 Flemish rebels were killed in the battle.
caption: Bataille de Cassel du 23 août 1328
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