
The Promised Lands
The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530
Edward Peters(Editor)
University of Pennsylvania Press
2nd Edition
Published on 6. May 1999
Book
Paperback/Softback
304 pages
978-0-8122-1382-9 (ISBN)
Description
They were, in the words of one contemporary observer, "the Promised Lands." In all of Europe, only Northern Italy could rival the economic power and cultural wealth of the Low Countries in the later Middle Ages. In The Promised Lands, Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier trace the relations between the cultural and economic developments of the Low Countries and the political evolution of the region under the rule of the dukes of Burgundy. Combining political, diplomatic, administrative, economic, social, artistic, and cultural history, Blockmans and Prevenier have synthesized the most recent research on the subject-much of it their own-to produce the most accessible and authoritative book in English on the subject. This is an updated and revised translation of a classic work first published in 1988, now expanded and reoriented toward a broader international readership.
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Edition
2nd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Pennsylvania
United States
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (trade)
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Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 156 mm
Thickness: 20 mm
Weight
463 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8122-1382-9 (9780812213829)
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Wim Blockmans | Walter Prevenier | Edward Peters
The Promised Lands
The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530
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08/2010
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University of Pennsylvania Press
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Walter Prevenier | Wim Blockmans
The Burgundian Netherlands
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03/1986
Cambridge University Press
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Persons
Wim Blockmans is Professor of Medieval History at the State University at Leiden, Netherlands. Walter Prevenier is Professor of History at the State University of Ghent, Belgium.
Content
Editor's Note Preface The Dynasties of the Burgundian Low Countries 1. Perspectives on the Burgundian Dynasty in the Low Countries 2. A New European Power in the Making, 1363-1405 3. Burgundian Interests in France and the Low Countries, 1404-1425 4. The Decisive Years, 1425-1440 5. The Difficult Path Toward an Integrated State, 1440-1465 6. The Promised Lands, 1440-1475 7. War, Crisis, and a Problematic Succession, 1465-1492 8. The Second Flowering, 1492-1530 9. The Burgundian Legacy List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index