Although the Dukes of Burgundy were not kings, they sure acted like they were. The Burgundian Court was one of the largest, most extravagant, and most magnificent in all of Europe. It was a center of artistic patronage, elaborate events, and grand displays. In fact, the Burgundian Court was so central to the identity of the Dukes and the administration of their lands, that some historians have claimed that Burgundy was a Theater State.
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Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
The Promised Lands by Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier
The Court of the Dukes of Burgundy: A Model for Europe? by Werner Paravicini
The Court of Burgundy by Otto Cartelierri
The Travels of Leo of Rozmital
The Travels of Pero Tafur
Magnificence and Princely Splendour in the Middle Ages by Richard Barber
Art and pageantry in the Renaissance and Baroque Edited by Barbara Wisch and Susan Scott Munshower
Burgundian Black Edited by Jenny Boulboulle and Sven Dupre
Domestic birds at the Palace of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy, Philip the Bold and John the Fearless by Angelique Fouchecourt
Grand Dukes of the West 