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  PHILIP THE GOOD - LoveToKnow Article on PHILIP THE GOOD
By a treaty concluded by Philip at Amiens in April 1423 with the dukes of Brittany and Bedford, John, duke of Bedford, married Philips sister Anne, and Arthur of Brittany, earl of Richmond, became the husband of Philips sister Margaret.
Philip, however, himself claimed Brabant as having been bequeathed to him by his cousin Philip, the late duke, with the result that the Burgundians repulsed the troops of the duke of Gloucester, and Jacqueline was forced to recognize the duke of Burgundy as her lieutenant and heir.
Philip consented to a reconciliation with the king of France, and agreed to recognize him as his legitimate sovereign on condition that he should not be required to pay him homage during his lifetime.
www.1911encyclopedia.org /P/PH/PHILIP_THE_GOOD.htm   (1029 words)

  
 Philip the Good - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Philip III, Duke of Burgundy (Philip the Good or Philippe le Bon) (July 31, 1396 – June 15, 1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 until his death.
Philip accused Charles, the Dauphin of France of planning the murder of his father, which took place during a meeting between the two at Montereau, and in 1420 Philip allied himself with Henry V of England under the Treaty of Troyes.
Philip died in Bruges in 1467 and was succeeded by his son Charles the Bold.
www.hackettstown.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/Philip_III,_Duke_of_Burgundy   (627 words)

  
 Philip III, Duke of Burgundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip accused Charles, the Dauphin of France (his brother-in-law) of planning the murder of his father, which took place during a meeting between the two at Montereau, and in 1420 Philip allied himself with Henry V of England under the Treaty of Troyes.
In 1430 Philip's troops captured Joan of Arc at Compiegne and later handed her over to the English, who orchestrated a heresy trial against her.
Philip died in Bruges in 1467 and was succeeded by his son Charles.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philip_the_Good   (670 words)

  
 Dijon, Burgundy : Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Dijon, Burgundy : Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy
Philip the Bold John the Fearless Philip the Good Charles the Bold
Under the Treaty of Troyes (1420, Philip recognized Henry V as heir to the French throne ; the dauphin was disinherited.
dijoon.free.fr /bestof/philgood.htm   (251 words)

  
 AllRefer.com - Philip the Good (French History, Biography) - Encyclopedia
Philip the Good 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy (1419–67); son of Duke John the Fearless.
Under the Treaty of Troyes (1420; see Troyes, Treaty of) Philip recognized Henry V as heir to the French throne; the dauphin was disinherited.
Philip aided the efforts of Henry and his successor to establish English rule in France.
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 Philip of Burgundy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Philip of Burgundy (1323 – 1346), son of Eudes IV, Duke of Burgundy and Princess Jeanne of France.
Philip II the Bold, Duke of Burgundy (1342 – 1404), son of King John II of France
Philip III the Good, Duke of Burgundy (1396 – 1467), son of John the Fearless
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Philip,_Duke_of_Burgundy   (160 words)

  
 Hellenistic Greece: Philip of Macedon   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Political hostages generally lived a good life, they were simply kept in order that they may be executed if hostilities commenced between the government the hostage came from and the government that held him (or her).
Philip lived a good life in Thebes and was well-integrated into the politics and military.
So in 337, Philip announced the the League would attack Persia as revenge for the wars, and in 336 he stood poised to prosecute his mighty invasion of the Persian Empire, but an assassin's sword ended his great campaign.
www.wsu.edu:8080 /~dee/GREECE/PHILIP.HTM   (384 words)

  
 Philip the Good, Burgundy, Hundred Year's War
Philip had to defend himself against several incursions in Burgundy but by and large did not involve himself militarily on the side of the English.
Philip was interested in meeting her, which both he had his wife did.
Philip died at Bruges in 1467 and passed the dukedom on to his son Charles the Bold.
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Unsurpassed in Philips reign was the sumptuous Feast of the Pheasant, held at Lille in February 1454.
Philips coffin was lowered into a vault which had been dug in front of the altar.41 The Master of the Horse raised the ducal sword and then lowered it until the point touched the ground.
The funeral of Philip the Good encapsulates the legacy and aspirations of the Valois dukes of Burgundy.
etext.virginia.edu /journals/EH/EH33/tabri33.html   (5399 words)

  
 St. Philip Neri Parish - The Paulist Center
Saint Philip Neri, the Apostle of Rome, was born in Florence, Italy, in the year 1515.
Of amiable disposition throughout his youth, the young boy soon became known as Philip the Good - "the good Pippo," as he was called.
In 1564, when Philip had formed his congregation into a regular community, he had several of his young ecclesiastics ordained to the holy priesthood.
www.stphilipneripdx.org /pages/about_us/stphil.htm   (503 words)

  
 Jan van Eyck as Court Painter
On the death of John in 1425, Philip the Good was able to incorporate the County of Holland into his territories.
Philip the Good did not attend the baptism, but he sent the Lord of Chargny to stand in for him.
Philip the Good was a very active renovator and builder of his palaces, and account records list payments made to van Eyck at particular estates.
employees.oneonta.edu /farberas/arth/arth214_folder/van_eyck/court_painter.html   (1916 words)

  
 AlterNet: Philip Morris Puts Up Good Citizen Smokescreen
Philip Morris, the world's largest and most profitable producer and marketer of consumer packaged goods, recently spent $2 million on domestic violence programs nationally, part of $60 million it spent on charity in 1999.
Philip Morris spent 80% more on its advertising than its charity, almost $30,000 every day last year, so we would know what a good corporate citizen it is. This is what corporations do when they're under fire.
Philip Morris is using commercial speech to influence public opinion and political action.
www.alternet.org /story.html?StoryID=10129   (933 words)

  
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Upon the death of the last duke of Burgundy, Duke Philip of Rouvre, the duchy was ceded to the crown for lack of male heirs.
Philip's interest in music was encouraged from an early age by his father who had him instructed in music and the harp.
Philip was so concerned with the unity in Burgundy and it's allies that he founded the Order of the Golden Fleece.
www.vanderbilt.edu /htdocs/Blair/Courses/MUSL242/f98/burgundy.htm   (2437 words)

  
 Philip the Good
) Philip recognized Henry V as heir to the French throne; the dauphin was disinherited.
Troyes, Treaty of - Troyes, Treaty of, 1420, agreement between Henry V of England, Charles VI of France, and Philip the...
Philip had asked Damien to be his best man..then they were dead; Tragedy of the pals gunned down in bar.(News) (The Mirror (London, England))
www.infoplease.com /ce6/people/A0838794.html   (512 words)

  
 Dukes of Burgundy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Philip the Good enlarged his territory almost double its previous size.
Philip formed an allegiance with England, supporting the efforts of Henry V to secure the French crown until his subjects urged him to make peace with Charles VII of France.
The splendor of Burgundy during Philip's reign from 1396-1467 was unmatched in Europe.
faculty.smu.edu /bwheeler/Ency/burgundy.html   (464 words)

  
 Philip the Good, 0851159176, £19.99/$39.95, 516pp, 2004   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Under Philip the Good, grandson of the founder of the duchy's power, Burgundy reached its apogee.
The central theme is Philip the Good's policy of territorial and personal aggrandisement, which culminated in his negotiations with the Holy Roman Emperor for a crown.
All this is based on the close study of the considerable surviving archives of Philip's civil service, and on the chronicles and letters of the period.
www.boydell.co.uk /51159176.HTM   (343 words)

  
 Burgundian Frontispieces
Attached to the Dukes Philip the Good and Charles the Bold and the Duchess Marguerite of York, he completed manuscripts for Antoine de Bourgogne and Philippe de Croy.
Commentary: Miélot was appointed as secretary by Philip the Good in 1449.
The parallels between the King of Norway and his son and Philip the Good and Charles the Bold were certainly not lost.
employees.oneonta.edu /farberas/arth/arth214_folder/burgundian_frontispieces.html   (2881 words)

  
 AsianConnections: Life Tastes Good for Philip Kan Gotanda   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Philip: Dale and I were planning to do another movie called Otto, which I had written and developed at Sundance in 1997.
Philip: I shot the movie on super 16, meant to be blown up into 35MM-the stock, processing, and camera are very expensive.
Philip: Even when you come in with a short film, people are very attentive.
asianconnections.com /entertainment/interviews/2002/12/11/philip.gotanda   (2187 words)

  
 A Hundred Highlights from the Koninklijke Bibliotheek, nr. 12   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
The third quarter of the fifteenth century is considered one of the heydays of the handwritten book in the Southern Netherlands.
Philip the Good, Duke of Burgundy, played a prominent role by commissioning various manuscripts for his library.
The manuscript was indeed made for Philip the Good as may be deduced from his motto ‘Aultre naray’ in some places, and from the fact that he himself is depicted praying in several miniatures.
krait.kb.nl /100hoogte/hh-en/hh012-en.html   (390 words)

  
 Philip the Good Biography / Biography of Philip the Good Biography Biography
Philip the Good (1396-1467) was Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467.
Born at Dijon on July 31, 1396, Philip the Good was the son of Duke John the Fearless and Margaret of Bavaria.
At first created Count of Charolais--the traditional title of the heir apparent of Burgundy--he became the third Valois Duke of Burgundy upon the assassination of his father in 1419.
www.bookrags.com /biography-philip-the-good/index.html   (242 words)

  
 Philip III , Duke of Burgundy, The Good
Philip the Good was the most powerful of the dukes of Burgundy.
After his father's death (John the Fearless) in 1419, Philip became duke and the next year he formed a treaty with Henry V of England (the Treaty of Troyes) which recognized Henry as heir to the French throne.
Philip also developed the most extravagant court life in Medieval Europe during this time.
ehistory.osu.edu /middleages/PeopleView.cfm?PID=311   (151 words)

  
 CEM Network   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Persecution scattered the disciples after the death of Stephen, and Philip found himself in the city of Samaria.
Philip did what Philip was good at: he preached the gospel to them (Acts 8:5).
Philip's success would have failed without the planting of Christ a season before.
www.cemnetwork.com /essay/essay.php?eid=141   (392 words)

  
 artnet.com: Resource Library: Bellechose, Henri   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
On 5 April 1420 Bellechose was appointed court painter to Philip the Good, successor to John the Fearless.
On 21 November 1425 Philip the Good ordered an altarpiece of the Virgin venerated by John the Fearless and Philip the Good, accompanied by SS John the Evangelist and Claude, for the chapel of the castle at Saulx-le-Duc in Burgundy.
The fact that Philip the Good moved the centre of his administration to the Netherlands and enlisted the services of Jan van Eyck considerably diminished the prestige of Dijon and the artists who worked there.
www.artnet.com /library/00/0076/T007614.asp   (469 words)

  
 Philip the Good Biography / Biography of Philip the Good Biography Biography
Philip the Good Biography / Biography of Philip the Good Biography Biography
His brilliant and sumptuous court was the most celebrated in Europe, and Burgundian power and cultural life flowered under his patronage.
Each Biography is written by a biographical expert or professional educator and is a complete resource on the individual.
www.bookrags.com /biography-philip-the-good   (242 words)

  
 deseretnews.com | Philip Morris using good offense in its defense   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Philip Morris using good offense in its defense
There was a time, not too long ago, when seeing a Philip Morris executive at the Deseret Morning News would be about as likely as seeing Mormon missionaries handing out free smokes on the street corner.
Philip Morris doesn't need to make chocolate-flavored cigarettes because it already owns the largest share of the market.
deseretnews.com /dn/view/0,1249,595088660,00.html   (806 words)

  
 MSN Encarta - Search Results - Philip the Good
Philip the Good (1396-1467), duke of Burgundy (1419-1465), creator of one of the most powerful states in 15th-century Europe.
PGP was invented by software developer Philip Zimmerman and...
America's earliest bands began by imitating European bands, eventually adopting the British model.
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 Archive Photos: Charles the Bold@ HighBeam Research   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, illustrated in a royal military uniform.
The son of Philip the Good, Charles was given Burgundy and the Lowlands in 1465 with the intent that he create a kingdom, which he was killed while attempting.
The son of Philip the Good, Charles was...
www.highbeam.com /library/doc0.asp?DOCID=1P1:30448501&refid=ip_encyclopedia_hf   (141 words)

  
 Good-Bye, by Philip Bailey
The bathroom was tiny, the furniture shabby, and the place didn't smell very good.
His father's easy chair was facing the TV with two VCRs and four remotes on the small table next to the chair.
He loved his sister and didn't want her handling everything--especially taking care of his father's stuff after his death.
www.alharris.com /grasses/pbgoodbye.htm   (1824 words)

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