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Diplomacy of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy
In the 1450s Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy combined diplomacy and force amid Anglo-French rivalry and Low Countries urban autonomy, consolidating …
Timeline
- 1455–1456Conflans · Île-de-FranceThe 1455 Treaty of Conflans gave Philip the Good Normandy and Picardy holdings from the French crown, temporarily easing tensions with France while consolidating his strategic depth along the northern French frontier.
- 1451–1453Ghent · FlandersFacing revolts in cities like Ghent over salt taxes and fiscal burdens, Philip suppressed resistance through a combination of sieges and pitched battles, and restored control over urban communes through pardons and institutional adjustments, embodying his policy of combining favor with severity.
- 1457–1460Bruges · FlandersPhilip received foreign envoys in Bruges, presided over Order of the Golden Fleece ceremonies, and maintained contacts with imperial princes, the papacy, and England, making the Burgundian court a major stage of mid-15th-century Western European diplomacy and ceremony.
Sources
- Philip the Good: The Apogee of Burgundy — Richard Vaughan (2002)
- The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530 — Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier (1999)