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John Dunstable
John Dunstable , c.1385-1453, English composer. Dunstable is thought to have accompanied his patron, the duke of Bedford, to France. About 60 of his works—nearly all sacred pieces—are extant. He was among the first composers to begin to unify the musical setting of the Mass. Dunstable wa... Read more
Charles VI
Charles VI (Charles the Mad or Charles the Well Beloved), 1368-1422, king of France (1380-1422), son and successor of King Charles V. During his minority he was under the tutelage of his uncles (particularly Philip the Bold , duke of Burgundy), whose policies drained the royal treasury and provoke... Read more
Louis Orléans, duc d'
Louis Orléans, duc d' , 1372-1407, brother of King Charles VI of France, whose chief counselor he was from 1388 to 1392. After 1392, when Charles VI suffered his first attack of insanity, Louis became involved in a long struggle for control with his uncle, Philip the Bold of Burgundy, and... Read more
Clovis I
Clovis I , c.466-511, Frankish king (481-511), son of Childeric I and founder of the Merovingian monarchy. Originally little more than a tribal chieftain, he became sole leader of the Salian Franks by force of perseverance and by murdering a number of relatives. In 486 he defeated the Roman legion... Read more
Cluny
Cluny , former abbey, E France, in the present Saône-et-Loire dept., founded (910) by St. Berno, a Burgundian monk and reformer. Cluny was one of the chief religious and cultural centers of Europe. The third abbey church built on the site, Cluny III (11th cent.), was designed in the mature Rom... Read more
Guillaume Dufay
Guillaume Dufay , c.1400-1474, principal composer at the Burgundian court. After his early training in the cathedral choir at Cambrai, he sang in the papal chapel in Rome (1428-33) and later in Florence and Bologna (1435-37). He was in the service of the antipope Felix V for seven years and was a ca... Read more
Dijon
Dijon , city (1990 pop. 151,636), capital of Côte-d'Or dept., E France, the old capital of Burgundy . It is a transportation hub and industrial center with food, metal-products, and electronics industries. Its mustard and cassis (black currant liqueur) are famous, and Dijon is also an importa... Read more
Beauvais
Beauvais , town (1990 pop. 56,278), capital of Oise dept., N France. Tractors, ceramic tiles, textiles, and musical instruments are among its many manufactures. A Roman town and an early episcopal see, it flourished in the Middle Ages and again after the 17th cent., when Colbert established the stat... Read more
Grenoble
Grenoble , city (1990 pop. 153,973), capital of Isère dept., SE France, on the Isère River at the foot of the Alps. It is the hydroelectric center of France and has an important nuclear-research center. Metals, electrical equipment, chemicals, and food products are the chief manufactur... Read more
Charles Orléans, duc d'
Charles Orléans, duc d' , 1391-1465, French prince and poet; nephew of King Charles VI . After the assassination of his father, Louis d' Orléans , he became (1407) titular head of the Armagnacs (see Armagnacs and Burgundians ). After the English invasion of France in 1415, Charles wa... Read more

Encyclopedia entries related to "burgundians"

Armagnacs and Burgundians
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition Armagnacs and Burgundians opposing factions that fought to...followers of the duke of Burgundy, or Burgundians, were allied with members of the...The conflict between Armagnacs and Burgundians thus became part of the Hundred Years...
Burgundians
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Cultures Burgundians ETHNONYM: Bourguignons Orientation Identification. More than language...decline has been steep for more than a century. Linguistic Affiliation. Burgundians speak French, although a characteristic regional dialect is reported...
Henry V
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...dominated in 1410-11. In favoring the Burgundians rather than the Armagnacs in France (see Armagnacs and Burgundians ), he disagreed with the king, and...and extended his agreement with the Burgundians. In 1417 he led another expedition...
Clovis I
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...Thereafter Clovis was the champion of orthodox Christianity against the Arian heretics, the Burgundians, and the Visigoths. He attacked the Burgundians (500) at Dijon and the Visigoths (507) under Alaric II at Vouillé. When he...
Charles VI
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...of the Orleanists, known as Armagnacs (see Armagnacs and Burgundians ). The struggle was complicated by the invasion of France...Henry V of England. In 1420, under the influence of the Burgundians, who were allied with Henry V and his wife Isabel of Bavaria...
Germanic laws
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...into Spanish as the Fuero juzgo. The Lex Gundobada ( Loi Gombette ) was adopted (c.501) for Burgundians and for cases involving both Burgundians and Romans, while the Lex Romana Burgundiorum (c.506), also from the reign of Gundobad...
Joan of Arc
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography ...two factions (rival groups) to control the kingdom, the Burgundians and the Armagnacs. The leader of the Armagnacs, John the...delivered a shattering defeat upon the French. The English and Burgundians entered Paris in 1418, and the murder of John the Fearless...
Hundred Years War
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...VII crowned king of France at Reims. Her capture by the Burgundians and her judicial murder after extradition to the British...Civil wars (see Jacquerie ; Cabochiens ; Armagnacs and Burgundians ) and local wars (see Breton Succession, War of the ) increased...
Jean Dunois, comte de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...the Armagnacs in the civil war during the reign of King Charles VI and was captured (1418) by the Burgundians (see Armagnacs and Burgundians ). Released in 1420, he entered the service of the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France) during...
Arnaud Guillaume Barbazan, seigneur de
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition ...reproach]. A leader of the Armagnacs (see Armagnacs and Burgundians ) and a staunch supporter of the dauphin, the future King...his release he fought successfully against the English and Burgundians and was made governor of Champagne and Brie. He died fighting...

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France
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...occupation. After 330 it was invaded by GOTHS , FRANKS , and Burgundians, and then ruled by Clovis (465–511), a MEROVINGIAN...permanently unified state until the ejection of the English and the Burgundians at the end of the Middle Ages. Under the VALOIS and BOURBON...
Passport to Pimlico
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers ...E. B. Clarke into a story in which the inhabitants of Miramont Place in Pimlico suddenly discover that they are legally Burgundians when a wartime bomb accidentally explodes revealing the treasures of Burgundy and the lease that claims this piece of British...
Bourges, treaty of
Book article from: A Dictionary of British History ...of England, and the duke of Orléans arose out of the French civil war. In return for Henry's aid against the Burgundians, Orléans accepted English claims to sovereignty over the duchy of Aquitaine. Henry dispatched an army in July...
Philip the Good
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...France and England and from 1435 France and Burgundy joined forces to wage war on England. The imposition of taxes on the Burgundians provoked a rebellion, led by Ghent, but the rebels (of whom 20,000 were killed) were defeated (1454). Philip's...
Helvetii
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...incorporated their territory into Belgic GAUL . Overrun in the 5th century by a succession of Alemanni, FRANKS , Swabians, and Burgundians their name is preserved in the formal name for SWITZERLAND – the Helvetic Confederacy (or Helvetia).
Clarence, George Plantagenet, Duke of
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...George Plantagenet, Duke of (1449–78) One of EDWARD IV of England's younger brothers. He intrigued with the Burgundians and fell out with both Edward and his other brother, Richard, Duke of Gloucester ( RICHARD III of England); he was found...
Burgundy, House of
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Art ...power as a threat to his authority; at this time Burgundy was allied with England, which was at war with France (it was Burgundians who captured Joan of Arc in 1430 and sold her to the English to face trial and execution). John was succeeded by his son...
Switzerland
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...in the 2nd century BC. Its position astride vital Alpine passes caused the area to be invaded by the Romans, Alemanni, Burgundians, and Franks before it came under the control of the Holy Roman Empire in the 11th century. In 1291 the cantons (Swiss...
Joan of Arc, St
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...relieving besieged Orleans (1429) and ensuring that Charles VII could be crowned in previously occupied Reims. Captured by the Burgundians in 1430, she was handed over to the English, convicted of heresy, and burnt at the stake in Rouen. She was canonized...
dauphin
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History ...the heir to the French throne. Dauphiné was a province in south-east France. It was conquered by the Romans, Burgundians, and Franks. Once a fief of the HOLY ROMAN EMPIRE , it passed to the kingdom of Arles, and, in 1029 to the counts of...

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Katalin Escher. Genese et evolution du deuxieme royaume burgonde (443-534). Les temoins archeologiques.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...magister militum, Aetius settled some Burgundians in an area called Sapaudia apparently...Vindonissa (Windisch). Quite who these Burgundians were is a matter of debate. Historiam...operas and therefore A Bad Thing. The Burgundians of the so-called Second Kingdom do...
Hagen's shield request - Das Nibelungenlied, 37th aventiure.
Magazine article from: The Germanic Review; 1/1/1996; ; 700+ words ; ...to be ever at her service. With the Burgundians he has cemented the strongest possible...genuineness of his friendship for the Burgundians so that he may be fully rehabilitated...give proof of his affection for the Burgundians and also to reassert himself as the...

Newspaper article from: Herald News, The (Joliet, IL); 11/1/2006; 468 words ; ...greatness? Rome had become overrun with illegal immigrants: the Visigoths, Franks, Anglos, Saxons, Ostrogoth's, Burgundians, Lombard's, Jutes and Vandals, who came to the great empire as "servants," i.e. workers, but did not learn the...
Burgundy: a wine romance; For centuries, Burgundy has produced some of the world's most sought- after-wines. Roger Scruton delves into the history of this tiny region to discover what makes it unique.
Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England); 9/26/2004; 700+ words ; ...sceptical age, their vine is, for the Burgundians, something more spiritual than vegetal...But Philip's edict compelled the Burgundians to use the Pinot Noir, producing a...Nicolas Rolin, who, havingdestituted the Burgundians in his lifetime, founded the famous...
Rear Window: In a free state: Two little bits of old England
Newspaper article from: The Independent - London; 2/20/1994; ; 632 words ; ...re sticking up for our right to be Burgundians!" one of them insists. The first...Berlin. In their enclave, the Pimlico Burgundians set up roadblocks and halt the Underground...profiteering to wartime austerity. The Burgundians have no recipe for the future except...
A friend to Compiegne.(Joan of Arc)
Magazine article from: Calliope; 4/1/2008; ; 700+ words ; ...appeared that the plan would succeed. The Burgundians, caught unaware, could not hold their...his army to reinforce the struggling Burgundians. The combined English and Burgundian...the city safely. But the English and Burgundians overtook the French rearguard, including...
Memoria, Fama, Historia: Schlachtengedenken und Identitatsstiftung am lothringischen Hof (1477-1525) nach dem Sieg uber Karl den Kuhnen.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Renaissance Quarterly; 9/22/2007; ; 700+ words ; ...Lorraine (1451-1508), over the Burgundians near Nancy on 5 January 1477, which...Grandson and Murten, outflanked the Burgundians, and Charles's death on the field...Swiss, for reinforcements against the Burgundians had fallen on deaf ears. Now, thanks...
Tony's the late star of the show; Ros Dodd talks to Lee Warburton who now dominates Street action from beyond the grave.
Newspaper article from: The Birmingham Post (England); 4/4/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...British government attempts to regain control, the 'Burgundians' fight back with passport controls - declaring that because they are British they can express the right to be Burgundians. 'The audiences seem to like it,' says Lee. 'There...
Joan of Arc leaves indelible mark; Christian saint inspires hit TV show.(NATION)(CULTURE, ET CETERA)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/20/2004; 700+ words ; ...over Europe." However, Joan of Arc was captured by the Burgundians outside the gates of Compiegne, France, on May 23, 1430...ransomed by Bishop Pierre Cauchon. Because the English and Burgundians wanted to put Joan on trial to show that her "voices" were...
SWISS HEROES.(William Tell; Guillaume-Henri Dufour)
Magazine article from: Swiss News; 7/1/2000; ; 700+ words ; ...with Savoy in 1467. He tried to delay conflict with the Burgundians as long as possible, a position that led to his expulsion...additional troops from Fribourg, against an army of 40,000 Burgundians at the Battle of Murten in 1476. His victory there reinstated...