Pieter van den Bossche (c. 1340 - 1387), a citizen of Ghent; a servant or companion of Jan Yoens, later an accomplice in the rebellion and an officer of Philip van Artevelde.
fol. 142r: Bruges surrenders to the king of France (1382). In the aftermath of Rosebecque, Bruges opened its gates to the king of France on 28 November 1382. Charles VI, wearing his crown over his closed helm and dressed in a surcoat of the royal French arms of azure, semy of fleurs-de-lys, or (gold heraldic lilies powdering a blue field) is accompanied by a contingent of armed men whose lowered visors lend them a menacing air. Charles VI receives the submission of Bruges via the symbolic gesture of the handing over of the city’s keys, presented to him by the city’s magistrates.
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ceulx de Bruges se rendirent et se misrent en la mercy du roy de France,
et comment ceulx de Gand fu rent reconfortéz de Pietre du Boys. Les Bretons et ceulx de l’avant garde monstretent bien
par leur Gap: samplingpb 143 r
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