Episode 6.4 - Burgundy Pt 4 - Philip the Good

Philip the Good became the new Duke of Burgundy after his father’s murder. He worked to expand Burgundy’s power, and ruled during its height in a way that kept it strong and secure. But he also missed real opportunities to make it something more.

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Sources

• Joseph Calmette, The Golden Age of Burgundy

• Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold

• Richard Vaughan, John the Fearless

• Richard Vaughan, Philip the Good

• Henri Pirenne, “The formation and constitution of the Burgundian State (fifteenth and sixteenth centuries)”, American Historical Review

• The New Cambridge Medieval History

Names Mentioned

• Charles VII of France

• Henry V of England

• Isabella of Portgual

• Jacqueline, Countess of Haunaut

• Jan Van Eyck

• John IV of Brabant

• Nicolas Rolin