books.google.com - The Franco-Flemish region of medieval Flanders was a locus of important trade routes in the 13th and 14th centuries. Located in a prime position between the Holy Roman Empire and the North Sea (present-day northern Belgium), the urban centers of the region were surpassed in population only by the city-states...http://books.google.com/books/about/The_Golden_Spurs_of_Kortrijk.html?id=bORQs7Yw4-IC&utm_source=gb-gplus-shareThe Golden Spurs of Kortrijk
