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Perhaps Sir Walter Scott said it best, in Quentin Durward: "Charles, surnamed the Bold, or rather the Audacious, for his courage was allied to rashness and frenzy, then wore the ducal coronet of Burgundy, which he burned to convert into a royal and independent regal crown. The character of this Duke was in every respect the direct contrast to ...
Jan 30, 2014 · By Susan Abernethy. Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy was a man born with huge potential. The child of illustrious parents, he was the heir to a vast, fertile and economically rich dukedom that stretched from the sea west to Germany. Charles could have been a king but personal flaws and failings and an inborn rage were to be his downfall.
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Kept from exerting power in Burgundy by his father's long reign and by a persistent animosity which developed between the two, Charles continually intervened in the struggles between the French king Louis XI and his nobles, particularly during the rebellion known as the League of the Public Weal (1465-1466). After the first of his many truces with ...
In 1474, on the eve of yet another Anglo-Burgundian coalition against France, Charles's single-mindedness and obstinacy drew him into a sequence of diplomatic and military errors. Instead of supporting the invasion force of Edward IV, Charles pursued a fruitless military campaign in Germany, thus abandoning his ally and making it easier for Louis t...
There is no adequate biography of Charles the Bold in English. The standard work, in French, is J. Bartier, Charles le Téméraire (1944). A subsequent work, also in French, is Marcel Brion, Charles le Téméraire, grand duc d'Occident (1947). The life of Charles is adequately treated in Joseph Calmette, The Golden Age of Burgundy (1956; trans. 1963). ...
Vaughan, Richard, Charles the Bold; the last Valois Duke of Burgundy, New York, Barnes & Noble Books 1974, 1973. □
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Jul 13, 2016 · Rogier van der Weyden painted Charles the Bold as a young man in about 1460, wearing the Order of the Golden Fleece. To reduce Burgundian reliance on mercenaries, Charles set about creating a standing army. Like most medieval armies, this was built around the royal household guard of its ruler.
CHARLES THE BOLD, Duke of Burgundy, son of Philip the Good of Burgundy and Isabella of Portugal, was born at Dijon on the 10th of November 1433. In his father's lifetime he bore the title of Count of Charolais. He was brought up under the direction of the seigneur d'Auxy, and early showed great application to studyand also to warlike exercises.
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His stalwart bearing on the field of Poitiers not only earned for this Philip the sobriquet Bold, it also brought him in 1363 the gift of the duchy of Burgundy from a grateful father. To continue reading this article you will need to purchase access to the online archive.
