Legend about Eulenspiegel

The famous book by Charles de Coster "Legend of Ulenspiegel", released in December 1867, not only glorified the Belgian literature, but also become an outstanding phenomenon of the world's literature in the context of where the work is close to such great books like "Don Quixote" Cervantes and "Gargantua and Pantagruel" Rabelais. Charles de Coster's novel, which tells about the adventures of Till Eulenspiegel and his friend and fat gluttons Lamme Gudzake, imbued with the spirit of freedom. Till Eulenspiegel, joker and witty joker, which gets arrogant nobles and monks, kings and becomes a fighter, brave gezom, embodies the national spirit of Flanders. Thiel - national hero, never dying and aging. It has many faces: it is a soldier or a peasant, the painter in landgrafskom Palace, the jester at the court of the king, but everywhere he is a rebel, a fighter for the happiness of its people.