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Anonymous sixteenth-century painting showing participants of the Feast of the Pheasant. The Feast of the Pheasant (French: Banquet du Vœu du faisan, lit. 'Banquet of the Oath of the Pheasant') was a banquet given by Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy on 17 February 1454 in Lille, now in France.
The sites are located near the village of Vix, about 6 km north of Châtillon-sur-Seine, in the department of Côte-d'Or, in northeastern Burgundy. The complex is centred on Mont Lassois, a steep, flat-topped hill that dominates the area. It was the site of a fortified Celtic settlement, or oppidum.
Burgundy was far from safe: the Duchy of Burgundy itself had already been conquered by the French, who were continuing to attack from all sides, taking advantage of the state's instability. Margaret now moved to secure military support from her brother, Edward IV; he sent enough support to allow Mary and Maximilian to resist the French advances ...
In San Ginesio there is tangible evidence of foreign contributions in the field of architecture with an ornate terracotta decoration applied to the old facade of the Collegiate Church of Santa Maria Assunta in 1421 by a certain master Enrico Alemanno, a Bavarian, [18] brother of Pietro Alemanno, thus making it the only example of late Gothic ...
Valois Burgundy at its greatest extent under Charles the Bold. From 1363 to 1477, the Valois dukes of Burgundy, a cadet branch of the French royal House of Valois, ruled over a domain that ultimately encompassed much of eastern France and the Low Countries [1] effectively as independent princes. [2]
Greek terracotta figurines were another important type of pottery, initially mostly religious, but increasingly representing purely decorative subjects. The so-called Tanagra figurines , in fact made elsewhere as well, are one of the most important types.