Table of Contents

Editor's Note Preface The Dynasties of the Burgundian Low Countries 1. Perspectives on the Burgundian Dynasty in the Low Countries 2. A New European Power in the Making, 1363-1405 3. Burgundian Interests in France and the Low Countries, 1404-1425 4. The Decisive Years, 1425-1440 5. The Difficult Path Toward an Integrated State, 1440-1465 6. The Promised Lands, 1440-1475 7. War, Crisis, and a Problematic Succession, 1465-1492 8. The Second Flowering, 1492-1530 9. The Burgundian Legacy List of Abbreviations Notes Bibliography Index

About the Author

Wim Blockmans is Professor of Medieval History at the State University at Leiden, Netherlands. Walter Prevenier is Professor of History at the State University of Ghent, Belgium.