Families and Frontiers Re-Creating Communities and Boundaries in the Early Modern Burgundies

As put forth by Edwards, the eastern duchy and the western county of Burgundy constituted a frontier society from the death of Charles the Bold in 1477 until 1540. Through detailed case studies and family reconstructions of elites from the Satne River valley, specifically the cities of Dijon, Dole, and Besangon, this book examines the social, cultural, political, and economic relationships of the Burgundians on a local level. Edwards successfully challenges the national models still frequently used in modern historiography and offers a provocative alternative to better understand this anomalous area and the creation of pre-modern regional identity.Edwards, Kathryn A. is the author of 'Families and Frontiers Re-Creating Communities and Boundaries in the Early Modern Burgundies' with ISBN 9780391041066 and ISBN 0391041061.