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How French chivalric culture came to Holland after the death of a Haarlem count

How French chivalric culture came to Holland after the death of a Haarlem count

The article discusses the historical legend of the 1304 Battle of Manpad, which is now recognized as a 16th-century fictional creation. The myth describes how men from Haarlem, led by Witte van Haamstede, supposedly defeated advancing Flemish forces near Zandvoort and Heemstede.

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