If the 30’s were Burgundy’s Critical Decade, the 40’s were…less critical. But that’s not to say that nothing happened, over the course of the 40’s Philip the Good and his government continued to work on centralizing the Burgundian State and bringing it’s component pieces into alignment.
Time Period Covered: 1438-1450
Notable People: Philip the Good, Nicolas Rolin, Hugh de Lannoy, William de Lalaing, Jean de Lannoy, Frank van Borselen, Reinoud van Brederode, Goeswijn de Wilde, Bengaert Say
Notable Events/Developments: Creation of the Rekenkamer in Holland, Reform of the Burgundian Council, Rise of the Middle Class in the Burgundian Administration, Creation of the Epargne
From Left to Right: Hugh de Lannoy, Jean de Lannoy, Nicolas Rolin
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
Magnanimous Dukes and Rising States by Robert Stein
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
Linking Court and Counties. The Governors and Stadholders of Holland and Zeeland in the Fifteenth Century by Mario Damen
The nervecentre of political networks? The Burgundian Court and the integration of Holland and Zeeland into the Burgundian state by Mario Damen
Bengaert Say: de corrupte kastelein van Medemblik by Ad Kamma
The Chronicle of Holland, Zeeland, and Friesland with the Chronicle of the Bishops of Utrecht by Cornelius Aurelius
The Chronicles of Enguerrand De Monstrelet
Medieval Flanders by David Nicholas
Isabel of Burgundy by Aline S. Taylor
Grand Dukes of the West 