The promised lands : the Low Countries under Burgundian rule, 1369-1530 / Wim Blockmans, Walter Prevenier; Edward Peters.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Blockmans, Wim, Author.

Prevenier, Walter, Author.

Contributor:

Fackelmans, Lizabeth

Peters, Edward, Editor.

Series:

Middle Ages series

The Middle Ages Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Netherlands--History--House of Burgundy, 1384-1477.

Netherlands.

Netherlands--History--House of Habsburg, 1477-1556.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2010]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

They were, in the words of one contemporary observer, "the Promised Lands." In all of Europe, only Northern Italy could rival the economic power and cultural wealth of the Low Countries in the later Middle Ages.In The Promised Lands, Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier trace the relations between the cultural and economic developments of the Low Countries and the political evolution of the region under the rule of the dukes of Burgundy. Combining political, diplomatic, administrative, economic, social, artistic, and cultural history, Blockmans and Prevenier have synthesized the most recent research on the subject—much of it their own—to produce the most accessible and authoritative book in English on the subject.This is an updated and revised translation of a classic work first published in 1988, now expanded and reoriented toward a broader international readership.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Editor's Note

Preface

1. Perspectives on the Burgundian Dynasty in the Low Countries

2. A New European Power in the Making, 1363–1405

3. Burgundian Interests in France and the Low Countries, 1404–1425

4. The Decisive Years, 1425–1440

5. The Difficult Path Toward an Integrated State, 1440–1465

6. The Promised Lands, 1440–1475

7. War, Crisis, and a Problematic Succession, 1465–1492

8. The Second Flowering, 1492–1530

9. The Burgundian Legacy

List of Abbreviations

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

9786613211170

9781283211178

1283211173

9780812200706

0812200705

OCLC:

979778562