The Formidable Women who Shaped Medieval Europe: Power and Patronage at the Burgundian Court

A detailed study of the powerful women of the Burgundian court who shaped politics, marriages, and empire-building across Europe.

The formation of the Burgundian Empire by the four Valois Dukes of Burgundy would not have happened without the formidable royal and aristocratic women in their lives. These women, the wives, daughters, nieces, granddaughters and great-granddaughters, were vigorously engaged in the administration of the Burgundian empire, acting as governors and regents, making ap...