That same year, his daughter Maria married Maximilian, the future Holy Roman Emperor. Thus the House of Burgundy was absorbed by that of Habsburg, which thereafter controlled an empire on which the sun never set.
This book reveals the remarkable works of art that once adorned the Burgundian court and which retrace the dramatic life of Charles the Bold. Relive the glorious era of medieval art, discover the splendours of chivalry and the sumptuous court occasions as well as the horrors of warfare, the fall of Charles and the emergence of the House of Habsburg as a world power.
This title accompanies the exhibition to be staged successively at the Historisches Museum, Berne (***), the Groeningemuseum, Bruges (27 March 21 July 2009) and the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna (from September 2009).