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Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467, distinguished himself as a patron of illuminated histories and historical romances, and as host of the most lavish entertainment of the middle ages. The Banquet of the Pheasant was a response to the Fall of Constantinople, and it was staged to enlist support for the coming crusade. Two splendid tributes to heroic crusaders from the duke’s family tree, commissioned in the 1450s, provide an opportunity to bring these elements of his reputation—bibliophile and would-be crusader--under the same lens. Our perception of the Charlemagne Chronicle in Brussels (BR, MS 9066-68) and the Jerusalem Chronicle in Vienna (ÖNB, Cod. 2533) is enhanced when we consider other examples of "crusade literature" and remember the perennial goal of recovering Jerusalem. This study of the visual and literary projects that supported Philip’s efforts to launch a crusade, long after the days of the "classic" crusades, sets these manuscripts in the context of his court’s interest in history writing and updated historical romances, and against the background of the French crusading tradition and the Burgundian incarnation that succeeded it.

Manuscripts. Epigraphy. Paleography --- Painting --- Philip the Good [Duke of Burgundy] --- Illumination of books and manuscripts, French --- Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages --- Enluminure française --- Pèlerins et pèlerinages chrétiens --- Early works to 1800 --- Ouvrages avant 1800 --- Philip, --- Philip the Good, --- 091.31:7.04 --- 091.31 <493> --- 949.3.015 --- 940.181 <093> --- Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Verluchte handschriften--België --- Geschiedenis van België: Bourgondische periode (1384-1482) --- Kruistochten--Historische bronnen --- Illuminierte Handschrift. --- Kreuzzüge (Motiv) --- Philipp (Burgund, Herzog, III.) --- 940.181 <093> Kruistochten--Historische bronnen --- 949.3.015 Geschiedenis van België: Bourgondische periode (1384-1482) --- 091.31 <493> Verluchte handschriften--België --- 091.31:7.04 Verluchte handschriften: iconografie --- Kreuzzüge (Motiv). --- Philipp (Burgund, Herzog, III.). --- Enluminure française --- Pèlerins et pèlerinages chrétiens --- Philip --- Crusades --- 15th century --- Burgundy (France) --- History --- House of Valois, 1363-1477 --- Philip the Good, - Duke of Burgundy, - 1396-1467