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.
Grand Dukes of the West: A History of Valois Burgundy
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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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Recent Episodes
May 25, 2026
Episode 66: Burgundifying the Bishoprics
Host [Host Name] interviews historian [Guest Name] about Philip the Good's strategic expansion of Burgundian influence over the Low Countries' bishoprics from 1455-1460.
April 27, 2026
Episode 65: The Almost Crusade
<p>All his life, Philip the Good dreamed of going on Crusade, and all his life other things kept getting in the way. But even though the Duke of Burgundy never made it on Crusade, the Crusading Ideal still played a large part in the Duke's reign, image, and stature as a Prince.</p><p><strong>Time Period Covered: </strong>1421-1456</p><p><strong>Notable People:</strong> Philip the Good, Gilbert de Lannoy, Bertrandon de la Broquiere, Geoffroy de Thoisy, Waleran de Wavrin, Olivier de la Marche, Pope Pius II, Alphonso V of Aragon and Naples, Louis the Rich Duke of Bavaria</p><p><strong>Notable Events/Developments:</strong> Travels of Gilbert de Lannoy, Travels of Bertrandon de la Broquiere, Crusade of Varna, Fall of Constantinople, The Feast of the Pheasant, The Diet of Regensburg (1454)</p>
March 30, 2026
Episode 64: Jan van Eyck and the Northern Renaissance
<p>The Dukes of Burgundy presided over one of the great flowerings of Art and Culture in the Later Middle Ages. While the Northern Renaissance was not a purely Burgundian phenomenon, the Burgundian Court and the Cities of the Burgundian Low Countries were at the Center of advances in Painting, Music, Building and more.</p><p>The Duke of Burgundy, the Burgundian Nobility, and the rising Bourgeoisie, all commissioned art at a greater scale than ever before and they cultivated some of the best artists of the age in the process.</p><p><strong>Time Period Covered: </strong>1400s</p><p><strong>Painters:</strong> Jan van Eyck, Rogier van Der Weyden, Robert Campin</p><p><strong>Composers:</strong> Guillaume Dufay, Gilles Binchois, Antoine Busnois</p><p><strong>Writers:</strong> Georges Chastellain, Michaut Taillevent, Jean Molinet, Antoine de la Salle, Olivier de la Marche, Philippe de Commynes</p><p><strong>Artistic Movements:</strong> Early Netherlandish Painting, Brabantine Gothic Architecture, Burgundian/Franco-Flemish School of Music, Grands Rhetoriquers</p>
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