Court of the Later Lê Dynasty of Vietnam

Timeline

1. 1421–1433Thăng Long · VietnamLê Lợi led the Lam Sơn uprising to expel Ming forces, proclaimed himself emperor in 1428 and founded the Later Lê dynasty, establishing the Six Ministries, Hanlin Academy, and other institutions at Thăng Long, and promulgating the Bình Ngô đại cáo to declare independence and legitimacy, laying the court's administrative framework.
2. 1460–1497Thăng Long · VietnamDuring the reign of Lê Thánh Tông, the Hồng Đức legal code was promulgated, the imperial examination and local administration were perfected, and the court became one of the most mature Confucian-style bureaucracies in Southeast Asia; the National History Bureau compiled the Đại Việt sử ký toàn thư.
3. 1527–1789Vietnam · VietnamIn 1527, Mạc Đăng Dung's usurpation caused the north-south division of the dynasty; the Later Lê court retreated to the western capital, and although it was restored with the support of the Trịnh and Nguyễn, real power slipped away, and after the Tây Sơn uprising it survived in name only.