The Byzantine army was among the most powerful and effective military forces in the world from the 7th to the 12th centuries ...
Superficially, this was a strategic marriage consolidating power between the Franks and the Burgundians, but the alliance had ...
Barbarian peoples—Swabians, Vandals, Alans, Visigoths, Franks, and Burgundians—cross the border into the Western Roman Empire to settle. At times they put themselves at the service of Rome.
The Palais des Ducs in Dijon is redolent of a manifest destiny to rule. Then the Burgundians took early retirement to ...
England was once again a major power in France. The Burgundians were convinced to abandon their alliance with the English and joined King Charles VII instead. By 1453 the English had been forced ...
On the way, we noticed a wayside chapel with an iron grille. According to a sign, for nearly four centuries the chapel had sheltered the bones and remains of Burgundians killed during the famous ...