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#25 – Pheasant Fealty
5 February 2024
After the Treaty of Arras in 1435, the international policies of the Duke of Burgundy, Philip the Good, had to overcome several hurdles if he was to achieve his aim of obtaining as much territory and autonomy as he could. Despite his reconciliation with the king of France, the two cousins would cont
# 24 – How Philip the Good Crowned Himself “Grand Duke of the West”
23 October 2023
The court of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, became widely known as the most extravagant and luxurious in Europe during the almost fifty years of his reign between 1419 and 1467. Using pomp, ceremony and patronage of the arts, an image was created of Philip as a wise, just and fair ruler; the “
#21 – Jacoba of Bavaria, Political Pawn in a Male-Dominated Power Game
28 March 2023
On his deathbed in 1417, William VI, Count of Hainaut, Holland and Zeeland, named his daughter Jacoba of Bavaria as his heir. Given the financial, political, and military might of these three territories, this elevated Jacoba to an extremely powerful position within the Low Countries, and despite be