Episode 53: Bourbon on the Rocks

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Grand Dukes of the West: A History of Valois Burgundy

Josh Zucker

70 episodes

2 days ago

The story of Valois Burgundy is one of the most exciting of the Late Middle Ages. The four Valois Dukes of Burgundy used political intrigue, calculated splendor, economic power, and good old-fashioned violence to forge a state out of the many Duchies and Counties between France and the Holy Roman Empire. During Burgundy's height its Dukes were seen by many as the equals of Kings and Emperors and their court was at the center of Western Europe's cultural and political development. And then it all fell apart. Please join me as I explore the history and legacy of this forgotten kingdom.

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Episode 53: Bourbon on the Rocks

Grand Dukes of the West: A History of Valois Burgundy

32 minutes 28 seconds

8 months ago

Episode 53: Bourbon on the Rocks

Throughout the later 1430s, Charles I Duke of Bourbon found his influence at the court of Charles VII falling day after day. Bourbon was not content to take his sidelining laying down, and so he began to plot, and when that failed he plotted again, and when that failed...

Time Period Covered: 1435-1442

Notable People: Charles VII of France, Charles of Anjou Count of Maine, Charles I Duke of Bourbon, John Bastard of Orleans Count of Dunois, John II Duke of Alencon, Louis XI of France, Jean Louvet, Arthur de Richemont Constable of France

Notable Events/Developments: Bourbon's 1437 Plot, The Praguerie, Assembly of the Princes in Nevers (1442)