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The Burgundians

- A Vanished Empire
Af: Bart Van Loo Engelsk Paperback

The Burgundians

- A Vanished Empire
Af: Bart Van Loo Engelsk Paperback
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A masterful history of the great dynasty of the Netherlands'' Middle Ages.
''A sumptuous feast of a book'' The Times, Books of the Year

''Thrillingly colourful and entertaining'' Sunday Times

''A thrilling narrative of the brutal dazzlingly rich wildly ambitious duchy'' Simon Sebag Montefiore

5 stars! Daily Telegraph

''A masterpiece'' De Morgen

''A history book that reads like a thriller'' Le Soir

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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A masterful history of the great dynasty of the Netherlands'' Middle Ages.
''A sumptuous feast of a book'' The Times, Books of the Year

''Thrillingly colourful and entertaining'' Sunday Times

''A thrilling narrative of the brutal dazzlingly rich wildly ambitious duchy'' Simon Sebag Montefiore

5 stars! Daily Telegraph

''A masterpiece'' De Morgen

''A history book that reads like a thriller'' Le Soir

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.

Produktdetaljer
Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 624
ISBN-13: 9781789543445
Indbinding: Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10: 1789543444
Kategori: Holland
Udg. Dato: 13 okt 2022
Længde: 43mm
Bredde: 197mm
Højde: 130mm
Forlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato: 13 okt 2022
Forfatter(e): Bart Van Loo
Forfatter(e) Bart Van Loo


Kategori Holland


ISBN-13 9781789543445


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Paperback


Sider 624


Udgave


Længde 43mm


Bredde 197mm


Højde 130mm


Udg. Dato 13 okt 2022


Oplagsdato 13 okt 2022


Forlag Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

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