The Accounting of the Edilitary Constructions of Arras under the Dukes of Valois-Burgundy (1402–1442)

As the seat of the county of Artois, Arras was on several occasions the setting where the power and splendor of the princely court of the Valois-Burgundys was expressed. The work undertaken in 1402 for the marriage of Antoine de Rethel or in 1430 to reconstruct the count’s courthouse testify to this. Invaluable documentation remains for these worksites; studying them sheds light on the workings of Burgundian accounting and the management of administrative worksites.