Castles and Chateaux of Old Burgundy

CHAPTER I

THE REALM OF THE BURGUNDIANS

"_La plus belle Comté, c'est Flandre;_ _La plus belle duché, c'est Bourgogne,_ _Le plus beau royaume, c'est France._"

This statement is of undeniable merit, as some of us, who so love _la belle France_--even though we be strangers--well know.

The Burgundy of Charlemagne's time was a much vaster ex...