place
Burgundy
also: Burgund
The medieval duchy whose dukes ruled the Low Countries; its 'arrogance' haunts the square at Furnes.
Reading notes
- The Lay of the Love and Death of Cornet Christoph Rilke §5 Burgundy
Eastern French duchy; one of the homelands of the assembled riders.
- New Poems §64 Burgundy
The medieval duchy that ruled the Low Countries; its 'arrogance' is one of the things the great square at Furnes is 'widened out of.'