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#20 – Bonds Broken by Battle, Bite and Bridge
6 March 2023
In the early 1400s, all seemed well for John the Fearless, the Duke of Burgundy. He had withstood a major rebellion and maintained his centralising influence over most of the Low Countries. He also nurtured and made official the alliance his father had created with the other big power base in the Lo
Journey Through the Glorious History of Bruges at the Gruuthuse Museum
8 July 2022
The restoration of the Gruuthuse Museum in the historic centre of Bruges took five years, but now, the former 15th-century city palace is a unique museum where visitors can discover the city’s rich past through the stories behind more than six hundred objects. Each level recounts the story of a di
#17 – Duke Philip the Bold and the Looter’s Rule
17 May 2022
Despite his adventurous epithet, Philip the Bold made more use of diplomacy than the sword. By the end of the 14th century, the Duke of Burgundy was able to bring a modicum of stability to rebellious Flanders and begin centralising power in the Low Countries under a single ruler: himself and his suc
Serene Portraits of Renaissance Children Hide Calculated Political Play
6 May 2021
What can the portraits of the young Burgundian-Habsburg princes and princesses teach us about the political powers struggles of sixteenth-century Europe? You can discover the answer until 4 July at the Hof van Busleyden Museum in Mechelen. The Renaissance Children exhibition includes, amongst other
The Burgundians Show off Their Miniatures in a New Museum
30 September 2020
The Royal Library of Belgium (“KBR”) has a unique collection of manuscripts from the Burgundian period. After being hidden for approximately six hundred years, these gems of the Flemish miniature art are now accessible in a new museum on the Brussels Mont des Arts.