[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":25},["ShallowReactive",2],{"zoom:p5ch15z9:en":3},{"period":4,"chapter":15,"zoom":18},{"id":5,"title":6,"titleEn":6,"titleEs":7,"coverArtworkId":8,"range":9,"rangeEn":9,"rangeEs":9,"cover":10},"p5","High Middle Ages","Plena Edad Media","hannibal-alpes","987 → 1453",{"fileName":11,"filePageUrl":12,"imageUrl":13,"sourceLabel":14},"Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Facade-notre-dame-paris-ciel-bleu.JPG","/assets/p5-moyen-age-classique-cover.png","Wikimedia Commons",{"id":16,"title":17},"p5ch15","Philip VI of Valois: A New Dynasty, A War Begins (1328–1350)",{"id":19,"title":20,"chapterId":16,"html":21,"hasEn":22,"isFallback":23,"seoDescription":24},"p5ch15z9","1328: Cassel, the \"Chivalric King\" and Legitimacy in Action","\u003Cp>Barely anointed, Philip VI must prove he is more than an heir: a king capable of acting. The Flemish crisis gives him the opportunity. The \u003Cstrong>Battle of Cassel\u003C/strong> (August 23, 1328) becomes a demonstration of force and an accelerator of legitimacy.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🌾 A Social Revolt and a Civil War\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>Since \u003Cstrong>1323\u003C/strong>, Flanders has been shaken by insurrection, fed by economic tensions (textile industry), subsistence crises, and contested taxation. Towns divide: Bruges, Ypres and others oppose Ghent, and civil war takes hold.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Count \u003Cstrong>Louis of Nevers\u003C/strong> requests the king’s aid. Philip VI sees in this the opportunity to restore social order and to pose as guarantor of the feudal order.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🏇 August 23, 1328: Cassel\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cp>The king summons the armed force to \u003Cstrong>Arras\u003C/strong>, takes the oriflamme at \u003Cstrong>Saint-Denis\u003C/strong>, and marches toward Cassel. The insurgents, entrenched on Mount Cassel, surprise the French infantry. Philip VI then regroups the chivalry and leads the counter-attack: the engagement turns into a massacre, and the revolt is broken.\u003C/p>\n\u003Cp>Bruges and Ypres submit; repression is severe. Philip VI gains immediate prestige: he appears as a \u003Cstrong>chivalric-king\u003C/strong> and protector of princes, which reinforces his authority.\u003C/p>\n\u003Chr>\n\u003Ch2>🧠 Key Points to Remember\u003C/h2>\n\u003Cul>\n\u003Cli>Cassel consolidates the legitimacy of the first Valois.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>The king poses as guarantor of feudal and social order.\u003C/li>\n\u003Cli>After 1328, contesting his sovereignty becomes politically harder.\u003C/li>\n\u003C/ul>\n",true,false,"Barely anointed, Philip VI must prove he is more than an heir: a king capable of acting. The Flemish crisis gives him the opportunity. The Battle of Cassel",1778543139017]