Burgundy to Champagne: Wine Trade in Early Modern France |
Thomas Brennan ISBN: 0801855675 Perhaps more than any other members of rural society, the wine growers of early modern France depended on markets. Those who controlled these markets, whether through enterprise, wealth, influence, or simple ruthlessness, could gain enormous power. This...(read more) |
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Charles the Bold: The Last Valois Duke of Burgundy |
Werner Paravicini, Richard Vaughan ISBN: 0851159184 Charles the Bold (1467-1477) was the last of the great Dukes of Burgundy. This historical and biographical work assesses his personality and his role as a ruler, and discusses his relationship with his subjects and his neighbours. It describes and...(read more) |
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Cluny: In Search of God's Lost Empire |
Edwin Mullins ISBN: 1933346000 Sorry - no summary available. |
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John the Fearless: The Growth of Burgundian Power |
Richard Vaughan ISBN: 0851159168 Sorry - no summary available. |
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Long Ago in France: Years in Dijon |
M.F.K. Fisher ISBN: 0246138645 A travel book evoking the profusion of tastes, pastimes and pleasures of Dijon in the 1920s. |
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Philip the Bold: The Formation of the Burgundian State |
M.G.A. Vale, Richard Vaughan ISBN: 085115915X Sorry - no summary available. |
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Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy |
Richard Vaughan, Graeme Small ISBN: 0851159176 The History of Valois Burgundy. |
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The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy, 1363-1477 |
Robert D. Smith, Kelly DeVries ISBN: 1843831627 Provides an excellent insight into the late medieval development
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The Golden Age of Burgundy |
Joseph Calmette ISBN: 1842124595 Between 1364 and 1477 a dramatic struggle was fought out between the Duchy of Burgundy and the kings of France. This fascinating phase of history was embodied in the lives of the four dukes - Philip the Bold, John the Fearless, Philip the Good and...(read more) |
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