Abstract
In this study, we aim to examine the chain of rebellions that emerged in Flanders in the Late Middle Ages. For this purpose, after giving brief information about the early period of the Flanders region, cities and guilds, we will focus on the political and economic causes for the rebellions. While we are considering the events in a chronological way, we are making assessments about various problems. At the beginning of these problems are the nature of the rebellion, the England-France conflict and its connection with the feudal system. Although our study subject actually extends between the twelfth and fifteenth centuries, we limited it to the first half of the fourteenth century in order to make a better analysis. The most important conclusion we will reach in our study is that these rebellions are not a revolution. We consider the events as more than a class conflict in the modern sense, bourgeois and peasants acting together to protect their own power and economic interests and resisting the feudal system. We can even say that one result of the rebellion was that Flanders prevented the feudal system from advancing northwards from France. As a result, we think that we cannot compare the uprisings in the region with the peasant uprisings in either France or England. We tried to benefit from period sources as much as possible while providing information about the development of events. However, in the discussions on the subject, we benefited from experts in their field, the first name to be consulted when we talk about Medieval Flanders is Henri Pirenne. In addition, we benefited from many researchers, especially David Nicholas, Willem Blockmans and William Henry TeBrake.
Keywords: Flander, Bruges, Köylü İsyanları, Artevelde, Dampierreli Gui
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