The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin

<p>In 1473 Charles the Bold made his famous entry in the town of Trier to<br />impress Emperor Frederic iii with his astonishing wealth, and to convince<br />him to promote his lands into the double kingdom of Friesland-Burgundy<br />as one of the parts of the Holy Roman Empi...

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Main Author: Robert Stein
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description <p>In 1473 Charles the Bold made his famous entry in the town of Trier to<br />impress Emperor Frederic iii with his astonishing wealth, and to convince<br />him to promote his lands into the double kingdom of Friesland-Burgundy<br />as one of the parts of the Holy Roman Empire. Although this was not the<br />first time the Burgundian dukes of the house Valois became associated with a kingdom of their own, it was certainly the closest they ever came to the realisation of their dream. When I started to read Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne (XIVe-XVe siècles) (Paris 2016), I expected Charles’s endeavor to lie at the heart of the argument, but this is not the case. Only five of the ca. 350 pages have been devoted to the Trier episode. Essentially, this book deals with another, equally interesting question, namely the question of the coherence of the Burgundian lands.</p><p> </p><p>This article is part of the <a href="/592/volume/132/issue/4/">discussion forum</a> 'Constructing and Deconstructing the ‘State’: the Case of the Low Countries'.</p>
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spelling doaj.art-9ad95020b20947589df0c4beedf6399c2022-12-21T23:42:56Zengopenjournals.nlBMGN: Low Countries Historical Review0165-05052211-28982017-12-011324859210.18352/bmgn-lchr.1041910043The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-DesjardinRobert Stein<p>In 1473 Charles the Bold made his famous entry in the town of Trier to<br />impress Emperor Frederic iii with his astonishing wealth, and to convince<br />him to promote his lands into the double kingdom of Friesland-Burgundy<br />as one of the parts of the Holy Roman Empire. Although this was not the<br />first time the Burgundian dukes of the house Valois became associated with a kingdom of their own, it was certainly the closest they ever came to the realisation of their dream. When I started to read Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne (XIVe-XVe siècles) (Paris 2016), I expected Charles’s endeavor to lie at the heart of the argument, but this is not the case. Only five of the ca. 350 pages have been devoted to the Trier episode. Essentially, this book deals with another, equally interesting question, namely the question of the coherence of the Burgundian lands.</p><p> </p><p>This article is part of the <a href="/592/volume/132/issue/4/">discussion forum</a> 'Constructing and Deconstructing the ‘State’: the Case of the Low Countries'.</p>https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/10419HistoryLow CountriesNetherlandsBelgiumBurgundian Union
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The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
BMGN: Low Countries Historical Review
History
Low Countries
Netherlands
Belgium
Burgundian Union
title The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
title_full The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
title_fullStr The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
title_full_unstemmed The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
title_short The quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy: Review on Le royaume inachevé des ducs de Bourgogne by Élodie Lecuppre-Desjardin
title_sort quest for a shared identity in a composite monarchy review on le royaume inacheve des ducs de bourgogne by elodie lecuppre desjardin
topic History
Low Countries
Netherlands
Belgium
Burgundian Union
url https://www.bmgn-lchr.nl/articles/10419
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