Domingue Woods: The Burgundians command site during the Battle of Murten. Battle of Murten. On the 13. The result was a crushing defeat for the Burgundians at the hands of the Swiss. After Murten France more or less abandoned expectations of conquest. The Battle of Morat (also known as the Battle of Murten) was a battle in the Burgundian Wars (1474–77) that was fought on 22 June 1476 between Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederate army at Morat/Murten, about 30 kilometres from Bern. Murten is a wonderfully preserved city full of history and nostalgia. (Murten Panorama Foundation, Switzerland) Swords out of ploughshares. An extract from Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 1 by Ian Heath MORAT (MURTEN), 22 June 1476 Charles the Bold, besieging Morat on the shores of the lake of the same name with an army of perhaps only 10,000 men, and at the most 12-15,000, was attacked by a superior Swiss force of some 25,000 infantry, plus 1,800 cavalry from Lorraine, Alsace and Swabia under René, Duc de Lorraine. Make sure that you park your car or motorcycle outside the city walls. Their opponent, Charles the Bold or Charles the Brash the last of the Valois Dukes of Burgundy was also, as the new Confederacy, young, dynamic and ambitious. The Victorinox Battle of Murten is a special collector's 91mm Swiss Army Knife released in 1989, with a tool configuration that resembles the Angler, but without the pliers.This model was the sixth member of the Swiss Battle Series, all of which featured a large intricate silver battle scene inlay on the top scale, and a detailed laser engraving on … Murten or Morat is a municipality in the See district of the canton of Fribourg in Switzerland. Morat is situated between Bern and Lausanne and is the capital of the See/Lac District of the canton of Fribourg. The Battle of Morat (also known as the Battle of Murten) was a battle in the Burgundian Wars (1474–77) that was fought on 22 June 1476 between Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederate army at Morat/Murten, about 30 kilometers from Bern. The ossuary was a monument which contained the bones of the Burgundians, in memory of the battle. In the "Landesmuseum" in Zürich is a very nice flat figure diorama where I shot these photos: And yes - of course I think about remaking it in 1/72:-) Eingestellt von Uwe um 11:09. The result of the Battle of Morat was a crushing

The Battle of Morat (also known as the Battle of Murten) was a battle in the Burgundian Wars (1474–77) that was fought on 22 June 1476 between Charles the Bold, the Duke of Burgundy, and a Swiss Confederate army at Morat/Murten. The result was a crushing defeat for the Burgundians at the hands of the Swiss. The Battle of Murten/Morat is document as a decisive turning point in Swiss history.