The Prince’s Counselors on Trial: Revolt, Justice, and State Formation in the Burgundian dominions (1474-1477)
(2025) Revolten und Aufstände und die Entstehung moderner Staatlichkeit — Location: Amorbach (18.September.2025)
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- During the 1470s, Charles the Bold's centralising policies in the Burgundian dominions met with resistance and outright revolt in both inherited (Flanders, Brabant, Holland, Hainault) and newly acquired (Alsace, Guelders) territories, with several uprisings culminating either in the trials and public executions of ducal officers by the rebels or in a transformation of the constitutional order through negotiated new privileges. Most often, these revolts have been studied separately, especially for Alsace where the revolt and famous trial of Peter von Hagenbach already erupted during Charles' lifetime. In comparing the legal mechanisms and the rationale through which this prince's most important counselors were put to trial in these distinct yet connected geographical and political areas, it is however possible to shed new light on the processes and nature of state formation through justice taken into their hands by the duke's subjects - or at least some categories among them. Therefore, this contribution argues that even expeditious justice in times of revolt contributed to (re)define the nature of the state.
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Bousmar, E., Depreter, M., & Verreycken, Q. (2025). The Prince’s Counselors on Trial: Revolt, Justice, and State Formation in the Burgundian dominions (1474-1477). Revolten und Aufstände und die Entstehung moderner Staatlichkeit, Amorbach. https://hdl.handle.net/2078.5/246037