The story takes place in 14th-century Flanders, a region suffering under the oppressive and bloody occupation of the French King, Philip the Fair. Tensions between the arrogant French nobility and the proud Flemish guilds reach a boiling point. Following the bloody uprising known as the Bruges Matins, an armed conflict becomes inevitable.Without their imprisoned leader, Robert of Bethune—the "Lion of Flanders"—craftsmen, peasants, and local nobles unite. This leads to the legendary Battle of the Golden Spurs on July 11, 1302, near Kortrijk, where an untrained Flemish citizen army faces the elite French cavalry.
Jan Breydel
Robrecht van Bethune
Jacques de Chatillon, comte de Leuze
Pieter De Coninck
Johanna van Navarre
Willem Van Gullik
Roelandt
Jan van Namen
Gwijde van Namen
Katrien
Robert d'Artois
Machteld
Guillaume de Nogaret
Adolf van Nieuwland
Bauden de Vos
Moeder Breydel
Gwijde van Vlaanderen
De Nesle
Koning Filips
De Valois
De Mortenay
Page
Van Saeftinge
Filips van Lichtervelde
Eremiet
Eremiet
De Zwarte Hertogin
Burgemeester/Verteller
Troubadour
Nele
Willem
Leroux
Moeder Overste