550 Years Ago, the Triumph of Bernese Imperialism in Grandson and Morat Drew the Contours of the Future Switzerland

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In 1476, Bern and the Confederates crushed the army of the Duke of Burgundy, Charles the Temerary. A new museum space at the Château de Grandson and a book offer a rereading of these wars of Burgundy. And re-establish some facts of a history long distorted by the nationalist narrative inherited from the nineteenth century.In Switzerland, this version of the history of the battles of Grandson and Morat was retained for a long time in 1476: assaul…