In:
Bulletin de la Commission royale d'histoire. Académie royale de Belgique, PERSEE Program, Vol. 177, No. 1 ( 2011), p. 81-154
Abstract:
Although the dukes of Burgundy kept independent accounts of their artillery-expenses since 1458, they have all but one been destroyed during the French Revolution. Nevertheless, a significant number of documents related to the daily administration of the artillery has been preserved at the Archives départementales du Nord (Lille). Particularly well represented is the reign of Charles the Bold, which probably, and at least partly, is due to the accusations of fraud and corruption his receiver had to deal with. Anyway, the documents edited here, which are only a selection from these rich archives, bear witness to the desire of this prince to modernize his artillery, as well as to some difficulties he encountered while doing so. Considered from the administrative and decisional point of view, the documents show us the prince and his staff at work and could be useful for research in different fields : economy, finance, techniques, military organization, prosopography, etc. Only a glimpse of the richness of this, mainly unstudied, source material...
Type of Medium:
Online Resource
ISSN:
0001-415X
DOI:
10.3406/bcrh.2011.1111
Language:
French
Publisher:
PERSEE Program
Publication Date:
2011
detail.hit.zdb_id:
2627357-3
SSG:
7,23
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