Burgundians in a sentence

At this time, the Burgundians had the strongest and largest gunpowder arsenal among the European powers, and yet the French, under Joan of Arc's leadership, were able to beat back the Burgundians and defend themselves.

The Burgundians are believed to have then emigrated to the Baltic island of Bornholm ("the island of the Burgundians" in Old Norse ).

Approximately four decades later, the Burgundians appear again.

A series of military setbacks eventually led to her capture in the Spring of 1430 by the Burgundians, who were allied with the English.

Between the 6th and 20th centuries, however, the boundaries and political connections of this area have changed frequently, with none of the changes having had anything to do with the original Burgundians.

Burgundians settled in the west; while in the north, Alamanni settlers slowly forced the earlier Celto-Roman population to retreat into the mountains.

During the disorders of 411–13 AD, the Roman usurper Jovinus established himself in Borbetomagus as a puppet-emperor with the help of King Gunther of the Burgundians, who had settled in the area between the Rhine and Moselle Rivers some years before.

He also mentions that the Goths had previously defeated the Burgundians.

In April 1430, she went to battle against the Burgundians, whose support was purchased by the English.

Joan was imprisoned by the Burgundians at Beaurevoir Castle.

Later Burgundians colonised the area of Gaul that is now known as Burgundy (French Bourgogne).

Like many of the Germanic tribes, the Burgundians' legal traditions allowed the application of separate laws for separate ethnicities.

Probus put it down by sending irregular troops of Vandals and Burgundians across the Channel.

The Burgundian kingdom was made part of the Merovingian kingdoms, and the Burgundians themselves were by and large absorbed as well.

The Burgundians claimed their own kingdom, and northern Gaul was practically abandoned to the Franks.

The Burgundians seized on the opportunity and within 10 days of the battle had mustered their armies and marched on Paris.sfn This lack of unity in France allowed Henry eighteen months to prepare militarily and politically for a renewed campaign.

The English, French, and Burgundians all advanced in military technology, and as a result the traditional advantage that went to the defense in a siege was lost.

The name Burgundians used here and generally used by English writers to refer to the Burgundiones is a later formation and more precisely refers to the inhabitants of the territory of Burgundy that was named from the people called Burgundiones.

These areas had been dominated and settled by the Burgundians and the Alemanni before being removed and resettled much further south around Switzerland.

Thus, in addition to the Lex Gundobada, Gundobad also issued (or codified) a set of laws for Roman subjects of the Burgundian kingdom, the Lex Romana Burgundionum (The Roman Law of the Burgundians).