Illustration entitled, 'The Battle of Rosebecque', 1869 (coloured engraving)

(RAL.26930) Illustration entitled, ' The Battle of Rosebecque,' page 745, taken from, ' Chronicles of England, France, Spain, and the adjoining countries, from the latter part of the reign of Edward II to the coronation of Henry IV, Volume 1,' by Sir John Froissart and Thomas Johnes, published by George Routledge & Sons, The Broadway, Ludgate, New York, 1868. The Battle of Roosebeke (sometimes referred to as the Battle of Westrozebeke) took place on 27 November 1382 on the Goudberg (golden mountain) between a Flemish army under Philip van Artevelde and a French army under Louis II of Flanders who had called upon the help of the French king Charles VI after he had suffered a defeat during the Battle of Beverhoutsveld. The Flemish army was defeated, Philip van Artevelde was slain and his corpse was put on display.