Why is medieval Burgundy so overlooked?
Burgundy Thread
Isaiah Powell
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Adrian Robinson
Oh come on guys
Wyatt Young
What the fuck did Medieval Burgundy do worth looking at?
Ryan Harris
Its just France.
Mason Thomas
It was interesting. Why would this book series exist otherwise?
William Bell
the "grand bastard" doesn't get a book?
Justin Cooper
He wasn't a Valois Duke of Burgundy
Nathan Foster
It clashes with French nationalist historical narrative that they were a united country 5ever.
James Nguyen
Does modern Belgium inherit anything from medieval Burgundy?
Carson Long
Why would they
They aren't near each other
Nicholas Gray
Flanders was a part of it.
Kayden Long
This.
Veeky Forums is secretly in love with France.
Evan Morales
you dense motherfucker
Jaxon Thompson
More like
>Charles the Told
t. Louis XI
Brayden Lee
You know, if I had the time I would learn Breton and just speak to people in Paris for shits and giggles.
Connor Hill
>being this retarded
Nicholas Jackson
Burgundian history is not popular at all. There aren't any documentaries or videos on it either.
Luke Peterson
It's hard, at least for me, to even properly explain or define what Burgundy is. Was it in the north by today's Belgium or in the south near today's Switzerland? Are there or were there ever distinct Burgundian people?
James Walker
>secretly
Kevin Flores
It's more of a closeted thing. Like that one guy who's really into being your friend for some reason.
Wyatt Nelson
Netherlander here - the lavish Catholic southern lifestyle of the Lowlands is often referred to as "Burgundian". It implies you drink heavily, eat heartily and generally enjoy life.
While it is used for both Belgium and the Catholic southern Netherlands (mainly; North-Brabant and Limburg), it is very applicable to Belgium in this context.
Also; a lot of the Flemish (Dutch-speaking Belgium) cities in Belgium have an architecture that stretches from that time in history - as it was one of the more profitable periods for that region.
Fun (stupid) fact; the type of Carnival celebrated in the Netherlands comes in one of two flavours. The Rhennish type - which is celebrated in Limburg and resembles Rhineland German Carnival - and the Bourgondisch type - which is celebrated in North-Brabant and resembles Belgian Carnival.
Jackson Evans
Interesting. That's exactly what I wanted to hear. Have you seen any particularly neat historical landmarks or artifacts?
Luke Jones
There was a language
en.wikipedia.org
However, Burgundy ceased to exist well before nationalism- so their language is dying out thanks to the eternal Parisian attempting to assimilate all of France since the Revolution.
Zachary Lewis
Truly the greatest country on earth.
Levi Martin
Can we talk about the Burgundian barbarians? They had a really cool code.