The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire

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Typ okładki:miękka okładka

EAN: 9781789543445

Opis

At the end of the fifteenth century, Burgundy was extinguished as an independent state. It had been a fabulously wealthy, turbulent region situated between France and Germany, with close links to the English kingdom. Torn apart by the dynastic struggles of early modern Europe, this extraordinary realm vanished from the map. But it became the cradle of what we now know as the Low Countries, modern Belgium and the Netherlands. This is the story of a thousand years, a compulsively readable narrative history of ambitious aristocrats, family dysfunction, treachery, savage battles, luxury and madness. It is about the decline of knightly ideals and the awakening of individualism and of cities, the struggle for dominance in the heart of northern Europe, bloody military campaigns and fatally bad marriages. It is also a remarkable cultural history, of great art and architecture and music emerging despite the violence and the chaos of the tension between rival dynasties.

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Szczegóły

Liczba stron: 624

Wymiary: 12.9x19.8

Typ okładki:miękka okładka

Wydawca: Head Of Zeus

Autor:

Bart Van Loo

Tytuł:The Burgundians: A Vanished Empire

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Książki obcojęzyczne / angielskie / History and Archeology

EAN: 9781789543445

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