Episode 6.2 - Burgundy Pt 2 - Philip the Bold

The history of the Duchy of Burgundy continues with the first Valois Duke, Philip the Bold. Philip was a master statesman who help grow the duchy into a state that would eventually rival France itself.

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Sources

• Joseph Calmette, The Golden Age of Burgundy

• Richard Vaughan, Philip the Bold

• Richard Vaughan, John the Fearless

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

• The New Cambridge Medieval History

Names Mentioned

• Bertrand du Gueslin

• Charles V

• Charles VI, the Mad

• Edward, the Black Prince

• John, Duke of Berry

• John of Gaunt, Duke of Lancaster

• Louis, Duke of Anjou

• Louis of Male