The Peasant revolt in Flanders, a peasant insurrection, begins as a series of scattered rural riots in late 1323 and escalates into a full-scale rebellion that dominates public affairs in Flanders for nearly five years until 1328.
The uprising in Flanders is caused by both excessive taxations levied by Count Louis I of Flanders, and by his pro-French policies.
The insurrection has urban leaders and rural factions which take over most of Flanders by 1325.
The king of France directly intervenes and the uprising is decisively put down at the Battle of Cassel in August 1328.
