[Illustration: CHARLES THE BOLD OF BURGUNDY (1433-1477) (FROM MS. STATUTE BOOK OF THE ORDER OF THE GOLDEN FLEECE, VIENNA) PAINTED BETWEEN 1518-1531] The admission of Charles, Duke of Burgundy into the series of Heroes of the Nations, is justified by his relation to events rather than by his national or his heroic qualities. _"Il n'avait pas assez de sens ni de malice pour conduire ses entreprises,"_ is one phrase of Philip de Commines in regard to the master he had once served. Render _sens_ by _genius_ and _malice_ by _diplomacy_ and the words are not far wrong. Yet in spite of the failure to obtain either a kingly or an imperial crown, the story of those same unaccomplished enterprises co…
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