In the 1440s, the Burgundian Court began to be rocked by a question: should Burgundy align itself with England or France?
Time Period Covered: 1444-1454
Notable People: Philip the Good, Isabella of Portugal, Charles the Bold, King Charles VII, Isabella of Bourbon Countess of Charolais, Charles I Duke of Bourbon, Richard Duke of York, Edmund Beaufort Duke of Somerset, Margaret of Anjou Queen of France, King Henry VI
Notable Events/Developments: Factions at the Burgundian Court, Changing Relations with France, Madness of Henry VI, Beginning of the Wars of the Roses, Relations between the Burgundians and the Yorkists, Charles the Bold’s Childhood, Marriage of Charles the Bold and Isabella of Bourbon
Sources
Philip the Good by Richard Vaughan
Some aspects of Burgundian attitudes towards the English during the reign of Philip the Good: George Chastelain and his circle by Graeme Small
Royaute Francaise et Etat Bourguinon de 1435 a 1477 by Andre Leguai
A l’ombre du Pouvoir: Les entourages princiers au Moyen Age Edited By Jean-Louis Kupper and Alain Marchandisse
The Formidable Women Who Shaped Medieval Europe: Power and Patronage at the Burgundian Court by Susan Abernethy
The Hundred Years War: Triumph and Illusion by Jonathan Sumption
The Wars of the Roses : The Fall of the Plantagenets and the Rise of the Tudors by Dan Jones
Histoire de Charles VII by Gaston du Fresne de Beaucourt Tome V
Ouvres of Georges Chastellain Tome III
Memoires by Jacques du Clerq
Memoires by Olivier de la Marche
Grand Dukes of the West 