Medievalists.net » Charles the Bold http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Mon, 07 Dec 2015 05:01:19 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Scattered voices: Anthonis de Roovere and other reporters of the wedding of Charles the Bold and Margaret of York http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/scattered-voices-anthonis-de-roovere-reporters-wedding-charles-bold-margaret-york/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/scattered-voices-anthonis-de-roovere-reporters-wedding-charles-bold-margaret-york/#comments Wed, 18 Feb 2015 00:33:25 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56235 Both sources are of great value for those who study the Bruges wedding, with the impact it had on its contemporaries, and the way in which our present-day picture of it came about.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/02/17/scattered-voices-anthonis-de-roovere-reporters-wedding-charles-bold-margaret-york/feed/ 0 The Battle of Montlhéry http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/03/battle-montlhery/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/03/battle-montlhery/#comments Thu, 03 Jul 2014 05:05:57 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=50866 Between the two armies was an expansive field of wheat, oats and beans. The heat was unbearable and the fields were powdery dry because of the July drought.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/07/03/battle-montlhery/feed/ 0 Isabella of Bourbon, Countess of Charolais http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/03/isabella-bourbon-countess-charolais/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/03/isabella-bourbon-countess-charolais/#comments Thu, 03 Apr 2014 13:17:46 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=48753 She was the daughter of Charles I, Duke of Bourbon and Agnes, daughter of Duke John the Fearless of Burgundy and sister of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/04/03/isabella-bourbon-countess-charolais/feed/ 0 How Charles the Bold dispensed justice http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/05/how-charles-the-bold-dispensed-justice/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/02/05/how-charles-the-bold-dispensed-justice/#comments Thu, 06 Feb 2014 01:52:39 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=47352 Shortly before his visit to Middelburg, the governor, a nobleman and knight, fell in love with a married woman. She indignantly spurned his advances. The governor took revenge against the woman by having her husband arrested and imprisoned on a charge of high treason.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/30/charles-the-bold-duke-of-burgundy/feed/ 0 The Universal Spider: King Louis XI http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/the-universal-spider-king-louis-xi/ http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/the-universal-spider-king-louis-xi/#comments Thu, 23 Jan 2014 03:34:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46917 He even earned the names'Cunning' and 'Universal Spider' due to the webs of intrigue he would spin around Europe. It seems he was never happier than when he was planning his next scheme.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/01/22/the-universal-spider-king-louis-xi/feed/ 0 The Siege of Beauvais in 1472 http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-siege-of-beauvais-in-1472/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-siege-of-beauvais-in-1472/#comments Thu, 26 Dec 2013 18:30:52 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=46051 The Burgundians made a rush into the gap. The citizens fought madly from the walls with swords, their bodies, stones and lead. Archery and crossbow fire rained down on the enemy.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/26/the-siege-of-beauvais-in-1472/feed/ 0 Margaret of York, Duchess of Burgundy http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/19/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/19/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/#comments Thu, 19 Dec 2013 19:51:58 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=45903 Margaret of York, sister to two kings of England, made one of the most brilliant marriages of her century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/12/19/margaret-of-york-duchess-of-burgundy/feed/ 0 Danse Macabre’ Around the Tomb and Bones of Margaret of York http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/#comments Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:08:47 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44491 Over 500 years ago on 23 November 1503, at Malines, in present day Belgium, died Margaret of York, sister to Edward IV and Richard III of England and third and last wife of Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, whom she survived by a quarter of a century.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/24/danse-macabre-around-the-tomb-and-bones-of-margaret-of-york/feed/ 0 Diplomatic aspects of Charles the Bold’s relations with the Holy See http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/12/diplomatic-aspects-of-charles-the-bolds-relations-with-the-holy-see-2/ http://www.medievalists.net/2012/06/12/diplomatic-aspects-of-charles-the-bolds-relations-with-the-holy-see-2/#comments Tue, 12 Jun 2012 21:10:15 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=32681 Both Paul II and Sixtus IV, the two popes whose pontificates spanned the reign of Charles the Bold, made great efforts to bring about peace among the rulers of Christendom.

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