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Philip the Bold

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Philip the Bold
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(Biographies / Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy (1342-1404) M, French, MILITARY: soldier, POLITICS: statesman) 1342-1404, duke of Burgundy (1363-1404), noted for his courage at Poitiers (1356) in the Hundred Years' War: regent of France for his nephew Charles VI (1368-88, 1392-1404)


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The best red burgundy has been all about one grape, pinot noir, since the 14th century, when Philip the Bold decreed that all the "very bad and unlawful" gamay in the area should be uprooted because it made wine "of such a nature that it is very much harmful to human creatures".
9782503522975 The order of the golden tree; the gift-giving objectives of Duke Philip the Bold of Burgundy.
Jean de Berri, Charles V of France, and Philip the Bold reacted by buying up books of hours commissioned by women--making presents of them to other men--and commissioning new ones of their own.
 
 
 
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