person
John the Fearless
also: Jean sans Peur, Duke of Burgundy, burgundischer Herzog
John the Fearless (1371--1419), Duke of Burgundy, who had his rival Louis of Orléans assassinated and then publicly justified; afterward consumed by 'the dark heat of despair,' he lived in a tent in the forest of Argilly.
Reading notes
- The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge §412 Duke of Burgundy
John the Fearless (1371--1419), Duke of Burgundy, who had Louis of Orléans assassinated and justified; the 'princely instigator of the murder,' later withdrawn into despair at Argilly.