Inaug.- diss. Munich. / Lebenslauf. "Literatur-verzeichnis": p. xi-xvi.

Thesis (doctoral)--Université de Paris IV, 1977. / Tome 5 includes statistical tables and maps. Tome 4 includes indexes. Includes bibliographical references (t.5, p. 317-[425]).

Thesis (doctoral)--Universität Zürich. / "Die ganze Arbeit erscheint als Heft 11 der 'Schweizer Studien zur Geschichtswissenschaft', Neue Folge." Includes bibliographical references (p. [61]-74).

Diss. -- Göttingen, 1950. / Includes bibliographical references.

Thèse--University de Paris. / "Index librorum": p. [v]-viii.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Alberta, 2010. / Title from pdf file main screen (viewed July 27, 2010). "A thesis submitted to the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in History, Dept. of History & Classics". Includes bibliographical references.

Scholars have long been attentive to the cultural legacy of Valois Burgundy a site of remarkable artistic and literary productivity in the mostly desolate cultural landscape of fifteenth-century France. It is only recently, however, that critics have begun to interrogate Burgundian courtly literature with an eye to its narrative complexity and rhetorical and discursive density, and to the political and cultural concerns encoded within it. This study emulates and supports these efforts by undertaking a close reading of a remarkable Burgundian chronicle one which depicts and defends a rare experiment in one of the most ideologically resonant enterprises of the day. The text, contained in Jean de Wavrins vast historical compilation, the Anciennes Chroniques dAngleterre, describes a crusading expedition to Constantinople, the Black Sea, and various points on the Danube in 1444-46. Led by Jeans nephew Waleran, the seigneur de Wavrin, the expedition was largely a failure. The author(s) of the chronicle therefore had a great deal to answer for; yet as the contours of their text reveal, their interests extended well beyond chivalric apologetics. This study analyzes the fascinating narrative tensions which unsettle the expedition narrative, and which offer a window into its varied (and often contending) rhetorical objectives. It considers, for instance, the tense interplay between two treatments of Walerans chivalry: one of which relies on epic and romance themes to depict him as a heroic warrior, and one which reveals his deliberate (and strategic) manipulations of those codes to preserve and burnish his reputation. It also explores the ways in which epic references to earlier crusades and anti-Islamic conflicts, invoked in a manner that tends to ennoble Walerans expedition, are truncated and subverted by strategic concerns over the problems of chivalric temerity and the power and sophistication of Ottoman forces. Together, the study concludes, these findings speak to the discursive complexity of the Burgundian court: a place where courtier-knights fashioned themselves strategically, using the very codes which some scholars have associated with premodern/medieval corporatism, and where warriors carefully negotiated the discursive margins of the courtly cult of prowess in order to articulate pragmatic advice based on lived experience. / History

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Inaug.-Diss.--Königsberg. / Vita. Bibliography: p. i-ii.

This thesis investigates the position of Duke Charles of Burgundy in the Low Countries. The heart of this thesis is found in the three chapters dealing with the life and work of Duke Charles and his significance for the Low Countries. His role in the political and economic spheres cannot he subordinated to the Franco-Burgundian conflict which came to the foreground during his lifetime. Charles’ attitude towards the economy and the position of the towns and counties was based on the needs and interests of the Low Countries. To understand the attitude of Duke Charles, the preliminary chapters give a brief analysis of the available historiography and of the heritage of Duke Charles. The succeeding chapters deal with the various aspects of his reign in an attempt to assess his position in the Low Countries and in Europe. Duke Charles' attitude towards the towns and institutions are also examined to illustrate his activity as a state-builder. These two chapters reveal that Duke Charles was consistent in his aims and that his activity was beneficial for the Low Countries. The conclusion of this thesis is that the traditional view of Duke Charles must be modified. It becomes quite clear that he was not a destructive force in the political development of the Low Countries but that he brought into focus the needs of the 'state'. Charles provided political stability and the opportunity for economic expansion which contributed to the growth of the Low Countries. / Arts, Faculty of / History, Department of / Graduate