Philip the Good and his cousin Jacqueline of Bavaria are locked in a struggle for the Counties of Holland and Zeeland. But this conflict between cousins is only one part of the partisan clash between the Hook and Cod Factions which has been going on for decades. Now the dynastic and factional strife has combined and a brutal civil war is being fought for the Counties.
Time Period Covered: 1425-1428
Notable People: Philip the Good, Jaqueline of Bavaria, Humphrey Duke of Gloucester, Walter Lord Fitzwalter
Notable Events/Developments: Jacqueline’s flight to Holland, Hook and Cod Wars, Battle of Brouwershaven, Treaty of Delft
Left: A Portrait of Jacqueline of Bavaria Right: A map depicting some of the key locations of the war between Philip the Good and Jacqueline of Bavaria.
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
The Burgundians by Bart Van Loo
A Mediaeval Princess by Ruth Putnam
The Chronicle of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland with the Chronicle of the Bishops of Utrecht by Cornelius Aurelius
The Golden Age of Burgundy by Joseph Calmette
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
The Duchy of Brabant between France, Burgundy, and England by Sergio Boffa in The Hundred Years War Part III Edited by Villalon and Kagay
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The Artillery of the Dukes of Burgundy by Robert Douglas Smith and Kelly DeVries
Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States by Robert Stein
Grand Dukes of the West 