The Promised Lands: The Low Countries Under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530 (The Middle Ages Series) - Softcover

Blockmans, Wim; Prevenier, Walter

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0812213823 ISBN 13: 9780812213829

Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999

Synopsis

They were, in the words of one contemporary observer, "the Promised Lands." In all of Europe, only Northern Italy could rival the economic power and cultural wealth of the Low Countries in the later Middle Ages.

In The Promised Lands, Wim Blockmans and Walter Prevenier trace the relations between the cultural and economic developments of the Low Countries and the political evolution of the region under the rule of the dukes of Burgundy. Combining political, diplomatic, administrative, economic, social, artistic, and cultural history, Blockmans and Prevenier have synthesized the most recent research on the subject—much of it their own—to produce the most accessible and authoritative book in English on the subject.

This is an updated and revised translation of a classic work first published in 1988, now expanded and reoriented toward a broader international readership.

About this title

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.

Language Notes:

Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Dutch

About this edition

• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0812213823
• ISBN 13: 9780812213829
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 304
• Editor: Peters Edward