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Supplemental 10: The Hanseatic League

The Hanseatic League was a major player in Northern Europe for centuries, it dominated trade in the North and Baltic Seas, fought wars with rival powers, and dictated terms to princes. But the League was not a state, proto-state, or quasi-state, it was a collection of Merchants, Guilds, and Towns. Time Period Covered: 1143-1441 Notable Events/Developments: FoundingContinue reading “Supplemental 10: The Hanseatic League”

Episode 53: Bourbon on the Rocks

Throughout the later 1430s, Charles I Duke of Bourbon found his influence at the court of Charles VII falling day after day. Bourbon was not content to take his sidelining laying down, and so he began to plot, and when that failed he plotted again, and when that failed… Time Period Covered: 1435-1442 Notable People: Charles VIIContinue reading “Episode 53: Bourbon on the Rocks”

Episode 52: Friends and Foes

When Philip the Good signed the Treaty of Arras, he hoped that he would be able to put all the years of war and strife behind him. However, the ill will built up over the years of Anglo-Burgundian alliance would be hard to surmount and the Duke of Burgundy is now on the lookout forContinue reading “Episode 52: Friends and Foes”

Episode 51: A Terrible Wednesday

As Philip the Good retreated from Calais, he found himself going out of the frying pan and into the fire. The militias of Flanders had mutineed and the county was on the brink of rebellion. Time Period Covered: 1432-1438 Notable People: Philip the Good, Isabella of Portugal Duchess of Burgundy, Roland d’Uutkercke, Jan Van Hoorn, Simon deContinue reading “Episode 51: A Terrible Wednesday”

Episode 50: Reorientation

As soon as the ink was dry on the Treaty of Arras, the military situation in France was turned on it’s head. The English position is now in free fall, and as they struggle to regain control, their former allies the Burgundians are only adding to their troubles. Time Period Covered: 1435-1437 Notable People: Philip the Good,Continue reading “Episode 50: Reorientation”