34 - Returned to a Dream (An Unfancy Death at Nancy)
The final two years of Charles the Bold’s life would see him achieve one of his life’s ambitions, uniting his northern and southern domains as one continuous territory, before suffering a hat-trick of...
16 Marras 202054min
33 - No More Mr Neuss Guy
After being rebuffed in his royal ambitions at Trier in 1473, Charles the Bold became embroiled in a series of power struggles with neighbouring imperial lands during the final years of his life. In U...
2 Marras 202054min
32 - Charles, King of Burgundy?
Charles the Bold inherited from his predecessors a lust for territorial expansion. When an old conflict in Guelders reared its head in 1468, Charles put himself in position to intervene there in much ...
19 Loka 202048min
31 - A Luckless Legate in Liège
At the beginning of 1468, after having crushed a second uprising in Liège in the space of two years, Charles the Bold set about the all-important task of figuring out to whom he was going to marry. At...
5 Loka 202059min
BONUS: A Notable Little Podcast of Cookery in the Low Countries
When it comes to food, Flanders and the Netherlands are not two peas in a pod. What is the influence of religion on our cuisine? Why do Belgians love eating out at restaurants? Which recipes can be fo...
24 Syys 202045min
BONUS: Rembrandt and the Revolting Batavians
To tide you over in our absence during the summer break, we decided to reboot an episode of our previous podcast entitled 'Rembrandt and the Revolting Batavians'. We'll be back with regular programmin...
19 Elo 20201h 29min
30 - A Rebuke of the New Duke
Upon becoming the Duke of Burgundy, along with all the titles that came with it, Charles the Bold inherited the complex series of social revolts that were either simmering or boiling over in places li...
3 Elo 20201h 4min
29 - Dinant, Was...
Charles, the Count of Charolais, began to take a more dominant role in the Burgundian court after the forced reconciliation with his father, Philip the Good, in January 1464. By midway through the nex...
20 Heinä 20201h 7min
