Moult cruaultéz et inhumanitéz y furent faictes. Stratégie, justice et propagande de guerre sous Charles de Bourgogne (1465–1477)
In the collective imagination as in historiography, the figure of Charles the Bold continues to be associated with the violent sacks of Dinant (1466) and Liège (1468), the burning and pillaging of Normandy (1472), and the execution of the garrisons of Nesle (1472) and Grandson (1476), events often c...
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2015
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| Accesso online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Riassunto: | In the collective imagination as in historiography, the figure of Charles the Bold continues to be associated with the violent sacks of Dinant (1466) and Liège (1468), the burning and pillaging of Normandy (1472), and the execution of the garrisons of Nesle (1472) and Grandson (1476), events often considered the perfect expression of the Duke of Burgundy’s cruelty. However, beyond political and strategic imperatives, the medieval customs of war reveal the ethics of a prince who applied the letter of the law. Anxious to avenge the insults sustained at places that “unreasonably” resisted both him and his army, the prince commanded not only the acts of justice administered by his soldiers, but also acts of propaganda manifesting his majesty and military power in the eyes of contemporaries. Once efficient, this propaganda was successfully undermined during the Burgundian Wars largely due to the efforts of his Swiss adversaries who disseminated a truncated version of the facts, painting the Duke as unjust and cruel and exhorting his enemies to resist. |
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