DE LEEUW VAN VLAANDEREN -- Hendrik Conscience

Hardcover (no publication date).

Condition: Fair. Pages age-toned, but in good condition. Text block has separated from the front cover board, back coloured end paper removed. 

431 pages. 

The Lion of Flanders, or the Battle of the Golden Spurs (Dutch: De Leeuw van Vlaenderen, of de Slag der Gulden Sporen) is a major novel first published in 1838 by the Belgian writer Hendrik Conscience (181283) and is an early example of historical fiction. The book focuses on the medieval Franco-Flemish War and the Battle of the Golden Spurs of 1302 in particular. It is written in Conscience's typical stylistic romanticism and has been described as the "Flemish national epic".^[1]

Unusually for its time, The Lion of Flanders was written in Dutch and it is considered one of the founding texts of Flemish literature. It became a significant work for the emerging Flemish Movement, reviving popular interest in the Battle of the Golden Spurs and Flemish Medieval history as part of a modern political agenda. Despite its importance, the work has become little-read. It has nonetheless been the subject of various modern adaptations, including several cartoons, a television series, and film.

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