Dijon and the Valois dukes of Burgundy (The Centers of civilization series)

Pomp and pageantry, extravagant entertainments, incredible riches and abject poverty -- all these were fifteenth-century Burgundy, and Dijon was its capital. By the end of the reign of the four Valois dukes, this younger branch of the royal French house had maneuvered, married, and fought its way into a position of power and prestige among European courts which rivaled that of the king of France himself; their lands extended from the duchy of Burgundy as far as The Netherlands. . . .