The birth of culture

Inspired by the court across the Channel, Edward IV encouraged the arts when he returned to England

The months Edward spent out of England were formative in that they fed some of his other passions. As Henry VI and Queen Margaret were supported by Louis XI of France, he turned to the French king’s arch-enemy (and his own brother-in-law), Charles the Bold of Burgundy. Charles was a major patron of the arts, and under his rule, what we call the Northern Renaissance flourished. Some of Europe’s finest painters, sculptors, manuscript illuminators and musicians were attracted to the Burgundian court. The wealth generated by Netherlandish merchants encouraged a variety of other crafts – tapestry makers, armourers, goldsmiths and tailors. Society’s leaders sumptuously adorned their mansions and themselves in the latest fashions. The phrase ‘conspicuous consumption’ well describes Charles the Bold’s elite. What Edward saw during his brief exile…

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