La diplomatie liégeoise de Louis XI au miroir des sources narratives contemporaines

in Bien dire et bien aprandre. Revue de Médiévistique (2010), 27

Le Moyen Âge. Revue d'histoire et de Philologie

Book published by De Boeck & Larcier (2010)

Philippe de Mézières et son Epistre au roi Richart

in Moyen Age (Le) (2010), 116

In mid-May 1395, Philippe de Mézières writes a Letter to king Richard II of England, an urgent call, which does not belong to the epistolary but to the allegorical and the mirror for princes genre. This ... [more ▼]

In mid-May 1395, Philippe de Mézières writes a Letter to king Richard II of England, an urgent call, which does not belong to the epistolary but to the allegorical and the mirror for princes genre. This letter, revealing a clear similarity of thought between the author and the king of France, Charles VI, to whose education the former contributed, is preserved as a unique manuscript, the Royal 20 B VI, in the British Library. This manuscript turns out to be the one offered to the English monarch and, being addressed to the latter, ended up in the hands of a prince, who was particularly able to appreciate its meaning and all its wit. Although Mézières advocates a reconciliation between the kings of France and England, to be sealed with a marriage between Isabelle de Valois, the former’s oldest daughter and the latter, which was the safest way to achieve his ultimate aim of a reconciliation within the Church and the re-conquest of the Holy Land, what he truly hoped for was the founding of the Order of the Passion of Jesus Christ. [less ▲]

Les tribulations du Grand Bâtard Antoine de Bourgogne en Italie (1475)

in Publication du Centre Européen d'Etudes Bourguignonnes (2009), XLIX

During his Italian journey, which aimed at confirming to Ferrante of Aragon, king of Naples, his elevation to the title of knight of the Golden Fleece, the Bastard Antoine multiplied the visits, the ... [more ▼]

During his Italian journey, which aimed at confirming to Ferrante of Aragon, king of Naples, his elevation to the title of knight of the Golden Fleece, the Bastard Antoine multiplied the visits, the contacts, in Savoy, in Milan twice, in Naples, in the papal court, in Florence, in Venice and in Ferrare. He revealed himself a very pleasant person everywhere he stayed and, in return, was welcomed with the greatest consideration. Whatever may have been, in the name of his brother, the diplomatic relations struck up by the Bastard with the Italian sovereigns, and whatever design they had, either creating an irrepressible strike force against France, or stirring up the most stunning of coalitions against its king by the conclusion of a most politically profitable marital union or by the gift of the Golden Fleece, even if Antoine was able to recruit a few soldiers and weapons, since they took place while the siege of Neuss was dragging on miserably, all these attempts remained in vain in fine. In 1482, the Estates of Burgundy fell to a child and Marie de Bourgogne left behind her a political situation as delicate as the one who prevailed before Sixte IV offered Antoine, by legitimizing him, the dynastic capacity to reign. [less ▲]

Florilège du livre en principauté de Liège du IXe au XVIIIe siècle

Book published by Société des Bibliophiles liégeois (2009)

Littérature et culture historiques à la cour de Bourgogne. Actes des rencontres internationales organisées à Dunkerque (Université du Littoral – Côte d’Opale), le jeudi 27 octobre 2005

Book published by De Boeck (2006)

À l’ombre du pouvoir. Les entourages princiers au Moyen Âge

Book published by Droz (2003)

Entre défiance et amitié... Des relations politiques, diplomatiques et militaires tourmentées entre le roi de France et le prince-évêque de Liège au bas Moyen Âge (XIIIe-XVe siècles)

Book published by Académie royale de Belgique - Commission royale d'Histoire (1998)

Un prince en faillite. Jean de Flandre, évêque de Metz (1279/80-1282), puis de Liège (1282-1291)

Book published by Académie royale de Belgique - Commission royale d'Histoire (1997)

L’obituaire du chapitre de Saint-Materne à la cathédrale Saint-Lambert de Liège

Book published by Académie royale de Belgique - Commission royale d'Histoire (1991)