Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, published in 1908 in the Heroes of the Nations series, is Ruth Putnam's biography of the ambitious prince whose wars shaped the borderlands between France and Germany. Putnam follows Charles from his childhood and youth at the brilliant Burgundian court, the Feast of the Pheasant and his rivalry with Louis XI, through the War of the Public Weal, the destruction of Liège, his marriage to Margaret of York and the meeting at Péronne, to his attempts to win a royal crown, his campaigns in Lorraine and Alsace, his defeats by the Swiss and his death at the battle of Nancy in 1477. The narrative draws on chroniclers such as Commines. The full text is available to read online in your browser on Vinteuil, and the first chapter is free.
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What kind of book is Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477?
Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy, 1433-1477 by Ruth Putnam is filed under "History" in the Vinteuil library.
