Context: A knight is a person granted an honorary title of "knighthood" by a monarch or other political leader for service to the monarch or country, especially in a military capacity. Historically, in Europe, knighthood was conferred upon mounted warriors. During the High Middle Ages, knighthood was considered a class of lower nobility. By the Late Middle Ages, the rank had become associated with the ideals of chivalry, a code of conduct for the perfect courtly Christian warrior. Often, a knight was a vassal who served as a fighter for a lord, with payment in the form of land holdings. The lords trusted the knights, who were skilled in battle on horseback. Since the early modern period, the title of knight is purely honorific, usually bestowed by a monarch, as in the British honours system, often for non-military service to the country. The modern female equivalent in the United Kingdom is Dame., Henri or Hendrik Conscience (3 December 1812  10 September 1883) was a Belgian author. He is considered the pioneer of Dutch-language literature in Flanders, writing at a time when Belgium was dominated by the French language among the upper classes, in literature and government. Conscience fought as a Belgian revolutionary in 1830 and was a notable writer in the Romanticist style popular in the early 19th century. He is best known for his romantic nationalist novel, "De Leeuw van Vlaenderen" (1838), inspired by the victory of a Flemish peasant militia over French knights at the 1302 Battle of the Golden Spurs during the Franco-Flemish War., The Battle of the Golden Spurs, also known as the Battle of Courtrai, was a battle fought between the Kingdom of France and the County of Flanders at Kortrijk (Courtrai in French) in modern-day Belgium on 11 July 1302., Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a sovereign state in Western Europe bordered by France, the Netherlands, Germany, Luxembourg, and the North Sea. It is a small, densely populated country which covers an area of and has a population of about 11 million people. Straddling the cultural boundary between Germanic and Latin Europe, Belgium is home to two main linguistic groups: the Dutch-speaking, mostly Flemish community, which constitutes about 59% of the population, and the French-speaking, mostly Walloon population, which comprises 41% of all Belgians. Additionally, there is a small group of German-speakers who live in the East Cantons located around the High Fens area, and bordering Germany., The High Middle Ages or High Medieval Period was the period of European history around the 11th, 12th, and 13th centuries (c. 10011300). The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and followed by the Late Middle Ages, which by convention end around 1500., Pieter de Coninck ( died 1332 or 1333 ) was a weaver from Bruges well known for his role in the events surrounding the Battle of the Golden Spurs . He was not the head of the weavers ' guild as is popularly believed ( mostly because he was portrayed as such in the novel The Lion of Flanders by Hendrik Conscience ) . Together with Jan Breydel , a butcher , he was in the forefront of the popular uprising that led to the Battle of the Golden Spurs . Right before that battle he was knighted together with two of his sons . Before the Battle of the Golden Spurs began he was seen by the city government of Bruges as a dangerous agitator and was imprisoned in June 1301 . He was freed by the people of Bruges . Afterwards , the Leliaarts , a political faction supporting French rule , took over control of the city . Jacques de Châtillon , the then appointed governor of County of Flanders , entered Bruges with a small force and de Coninck was banished . Urged on by John I , Marquis of Namur , de Coninck restored his authority in Bruges in December 1301 . He tried to align the people of Ghent on the same side but failed . On 1 May 1302 he was one of the leaders of a gang of rebels who took the castle of Sijsele and Male . At Male , the rebels killed the entire French garrison . De Châtillon responded by again marching on Bruges with a force of 800 men , and again expelling de Coninck from the city . De Châtillon marched into the city with his army fully clad and battle - ready ( against established agreements with the city magistrates ) The people of Bruges , fearing bloody preprisals , and in order to protect themselves helped de Coninck to enter the city with his followers during the night . On 18 May 1302 , during the so - called Bruges Matins or `` Brugse Metten '' , nearly all the French present in Bruges and their Leliaart supporters were killed . De Châtillon barely managed to escape . After the Bruges Matins , de Coninck was one of the leaders of the Bruges militia that cleared the coastal area from Leliaart insurgents and French stragglers . After they failed to take the besieged castle of Cassel , they marched onto Kortrijk ( Courtrai ) where a Flemish makeshift army was gathering to stop a French army under the command of Robert II of Artois . This battle , won by a motley alliance of Flemish and Namur petty nobles and many commoners , was later famously called the Battle of the Golden Spurs . In 1309 , together with Jan Breydel and Jan Heem , he led a new uprising in Bruges , this time against the adverse effects ( for Flanders ) of the peace of Athis - sur - Orge ( 1305 ) . In 1321 he again took part in an uprising in Bruges . As a punishment all his possessions were confiscated and sold . Pieter de Coninck was married twice . He died in 1332 or 1333 . Together with Jan Breydel he has a statue on the market of Bruges . It was put up in 1887 ., Subject: pieter de coninck, Relation: date_of_birth, Options: (A) 10 (B) 11 (C) 1300 (D) 1302 (E) 1812 (F) 1830 (G) 1838 (H) 3
Output: 1300