Editing Charles the Bold (section)

== Historiography and legacy ==
Charles the Bold's untimely death directly led to the sudden collapse of the Burgundian State.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Paravicini|2002|p=399}} He had no legitimate male heir to succeed him and he did not provide a capable husband for his daughter that he could train and prepare for succession.{{Sfn|Vaughan|Paravicini|2002|p=399}} He was obsessed with uniting the "lands over there" (Low Countries) and the "lands over here" ([[Burgundy]] proper) through [[Lorraine]],{{Sfn|Blockmans|Pervenier|1999|p=193}} and sought to forge a national identity independent from that of the French.{{Sfn|Lecuppre-Desjardin|2022|p=337}} He spent his few years as the Duke of Burgundy in securing a crown and forging a new kingdom to unite his subjects, and to enhance his own glory.{{Sfn|Lecuppre-Desjardin|2022|p=157}} However, his efforts inadvertently united his German enemies under the banner of a "German nation" opposing Charles, whom they called "The Grand Turk of the West".{{Sfn|Lecuppre-Desjardin|2022|p=217}}

Charles's death marks a significant moment in the modern history of Lorraine;{{Sfn|Monter|2007|p=15}} in Nancy, the victory of René II is still remembered fondly.{{Sfn|Monter|2007|p=22}} The Swiss victory at Morat was a confirmation of their national identity, a mark of pride, and a preservation of their independence. The Battle of Morat contributed to the decline of feudalism and heralded the end to the concept of chivalry.{{Sfn|Winkler|2010|p=34}} German-language historiography treats Charles ambivalently; he is seen both as a tragic representative of the fall of the Middle Ages, and as an immoral and flawed prince. Until recently, Swiss literature generally presented Charles negatively.{{Sfn|Sieber-Lehmann|1997|p=13}}

Charles's death and the crisis of 1477 was an inspiration to two authors, [[Olivier de la Marche|Olivier de La Marche]] and {{Ill|Anthonis de Roovere|nl}}, who wrote ''Le chevalier délibéré'' and ''Den droom van Rouere op die doot van hertoge Kaerle van Borgonnyen saleger gedachten'',{{Efn|Translation: De Roovere's dream about the death of the late Charles of Burgundy.{{sfn|Jongenelen|Parsons|2016|p=306}}}} respectively, about his death.{{Sfn|Jongenelen|Parsons|2016|p=306-307}} The hatred between Charles the Bold and Louis XI was an inspiration for the [[France in the early modern period|17th-century French]] moralistic dialogues by authors such as [[François Fénelon]], who in his ''Dialogues of the dead'' portrays Charles and Louis reconciling by drinking from the [[Styx|River Styx]].{{Sfn|Bakos|2013|p=50}}