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Trama e riassunto di Carlo l’Ardito, ultimo duca di Borgogna
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Riassunto: 8 min di lettura
- Tempo di lettura
- Circa 8 h6 h 20 min fast, 9 h 30 min slow
- Durata
- 113.900 parole
- Livello nella biblioteca
- Medio longer sentences, everyday words
- Prima pubblicazione
- 1908by Ruth Putnam
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You will enjoy this if you like the late Middle Ages, royal rivalries, castles and sieges, and biography built from letters and eyewitness scenes. It suits anyone who asks why great plans fail.
Che cos’è questo libro
What becomes of a boy admitted to the Golden Fleece at twenty days old? Charles of Burgundy, born in Dijon in 1433, grows up believing he is made for greatness. He chases a crown between France and Germany, and he loses everything on a frozen field near Nancy.
Ruth Putnam, an American historian, wrote this biography in 1908. She lets the chroniclers who saw him speak, and adds letters from kings, merchants and travellers. You meet Philip the Good, the patient French king Louis XI, the weak emperor Frederick III and the Swiss armies, and you see why his age called him the Rash.
In questo riassunto
- 1A child knighted in the cradleFree
- 2Ghent's revolt shows how ducal power works
- 3The Feast of the Pheasant promises an impossible crusade
- 4A guest dauphin divides father and son
- 5The War of Public Weal tests the young count
- 6Dinant and Liege pay for defiance
- 7Louis walks into Peronne and walks out again
- 8A mortgage, a marriage and a crown that never comes
- 9The Swiss and Hagenbach bring the first great defeats
- 10Nancy ends the duke and the dream of a middle kingdom
Punto chiave 1 di 10
A child knighted in the cradle
Charles is born at Dijon in 1433, the only surviving legitimate heir of Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy. Twenty days later he is carried into a room of the Order of the Golden Fleece and listed as a knight. His parents take the oath for him.
Philip founded the Order to honor chivalry, yet it became a circle of loyal followers who voted as their chief wished. He even admitted his illegitimate sons, though the rules forbade it. The infant knight is simply the boldest case of a court that bends its own rules.
Charles grows up strong and dark haired, and he loves stories of Alexander the Great. In 1435 the Treaty of Arras brings his father towns and freedom from homage. In 1440 the people of Bruges beg his father's pardon barefoot and bareheaded, and the boy sees a city humbled by ceremony.
The boy's world teaches him that rank and display command obedience.
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- LengthAbout 113,900 words
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Questions about Carlo l’Ardito, ultimo duca di Borgogna
What is Charles the Bold about?
It tells the life of Charles, last Duke of Burgundy, from his birth in 1433 to his death at Nancy in 1477. It follows his wars, his rivalry with Louis XI and his failed plan to build a kingdom between France and Germany.
Why was Charles called the Bold or the Rash?
Putnam keeps the old English name Bold, but says she would prefer Rash, the word his contemporaries used in French. It fits his hot temper and his habit of rushing into battles and sieges.
Who was Louis XI and why does he matter?
Louis XI was the French king who once lived as a guest at Philip the Good's court. He becomes Charles's chief rival, using patience, money and secret deals as well as armed conflict to undermine the duke.
Is it a true story and who wrote it?
Yes, it is a true history written by the American historian Ruth Putnam in 1908. She builds the account from chroniclers such as Commines and La Marche, along with letters, treaties and eyewitness reports.
Is Charles the Bold easy to follow?
The book moves in time order from childhood to death, with short scenes, vivid letters and quotations from people who were there. Each chapter focuses on one episode, such as a feast, a siege or a royal meeting.
Cita questa edizione
Putnam, Ruth. Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy. Library of Alexandria, 2026, libraryofalexandria.com/products/charles-the-bold-last-duke-of-burgundy.
Putnam, R. (2026). Charles the Bold, last duke of Burgundy. Library of Alexandria. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/charles-the-bold-last-duke-of-burgundy (Original work published 1908)
Putnam, Ruth. Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy. Library of Alexandria, 2026. https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/charles-the-bold-last-duke-of-burgundy.
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author = {Putnam, Ruth},
title = {Charles the Bold, Last Duke of Burgundy},
publisher = {Library of Alexandria},
year = {2026},
url = {https://libraryofalexandria.com/products/charles-the-bold-last-duke-of-burgundy},
note = {First published 1908}
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