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the tenltoiies of the Biirgundiana, laid ficgc to Augufto- 

 (iiinum, now Aiitun, and oblij^ed Gondemar to fave liimfclf 

 bv flight, and made thenifclvt-s mailers of his kingdom, 

 whicli agreed to ferve in their wars, and to pay them an 

 annual tribute. But they continued, by agreement with 



their coiHjuerors, to be governed by tticir own laws ; till tlie kings of France poirefTcd tiiemftlvcs lucccflivcly of tl 

 reign of Louis-le-Deboiinaire. Anc. Un. Hill, vol.17, 'late: but the duchy of Burgundy, part of the late govern 

 Gibbon's Hill. Decl. and Fall of the Roman Empire, ment of Burgundy, was never comprehended within the 

 vol. iv, V, vi. kingdom of Burgundy Cis-Jurana, or in that of Burgundy 



BuRGUNDiANS, the denomination of a political party, Trans-Jurana. It formed a dilliucl (late, which continued 

 which, together with the Armagnacs, divided the whole fubjeft to the kings of France. In the partition which took 

 kingdom of France, about the commencement of the 15th place in 843 between the fons of Louis-le-Debonnaire, 



little befidcs Switzerland, the Valaie, the Genevefe and Chab- 

 lais. The third kingdom was that of Aries, founded in 

 9 JO, by the rt-union of the kingdoms of Prjvcncc and 

 Burgundy 'IVan.s-Jurana, in favour of Rodolphut U., who 

 was before king ofjiurgundy Trans-Jurana only. The 



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centurv. Sec Armagnac. 



BURGUNDY, in Geography, derives its name from the 

 BuRGUNDiANS (fee the preceding article), and, before the 

 revolution, was a very conliderable province of France ; 

 bounded on tlie eall by Franche-Comtc, on the fouth by 

 Lyonnoist, on the well by Bourbonnois and Nivernois, 



Ciiailes-le-Chauve had the part of the kingdom which was 

 fituated to the well of the Saone ; and it was governed by 

 dukts. But the power of tliefe dukes gradually advanced 

 to fuch a height, that one of them, named Rodolphus, in the 

 time of Charles the Simple, was tleilcd king of France. This 

 duchy palTed afterwards to Hugh the Great, duke of France, 



and on the north by Champagne. The government or who proved a troublefomc neighbour to Rodolph ; and his 



province of Burgundy contained, befides the duchy of the fon, Hugh Capet, feated himfelf and family on the throne 



fame name, La Breffe, of which le Bugcy and le Vali omcy of France. His fon aiid fucceflbr, Robert, h.avinn- inherited 



form a part, and the county of Gex. Its extent from north Burgundy, gave it to Henry, his eldell fon, who fucceed- 



to fouth is about 60 French leagues, and from weft to eall ing to the throne of France, affigned it in 1032 to Robert I., 



about .50 leagues. Burgundy is divided lengthways by a his younger fon, who was the head of the firll dncal race of 



chain of mountains, extending from Dijon to Lyons; the 

 eailern part of the province is an immenfe rich plain, which 

 terminates in the mountains of Franche-Comte and Savoy, 

 and which is watered by the Saone and other rivers that flow 

 into it ; the other part of the province is mountainous, and 

 in many places dry and uncultivated. The principal rivers 

 that water it, befides the Saone, are the Seine, the Arman- 

 9on, the Yonne, the Serain, the Ouche, the Deune, which 

 runs into the Saone near Verdun, the Arroux, the Bour- 

 bonince, the Rhone, the Loire, and the Doubs. The 



Burgundy. This fubhlled for 330 years, and became ex- 

 tinft in 136 1 in the perfon of Philip I., who died without 

 ilTue. King John, being fon to a princefs of Burgundy, in 

 1361 united this duchy with the crown, and in 1563 con- 

 ferred it on his fon Philip the Bold, in whom the fecond 

 ducal line commenced. With his great grandfon Charles 

 the Warlike, who lofl: his life before Nancy in 1477, the 

 fecond line terminated. Although he left a daughter, Mary, 

 who married Maximilian, archduke of Aullria, and John, 

 prince of Burgundy, count of Nevers and Rethc:l,who did not 



mineral waters of this duchy are thofe of Apoigni near die till 149 1 ; Lewis XI. felzcd upon the duchy, and united 

 Seignelay, Premeau near Nuits, Vevelay, Sainte-Reinc, and it to his crown, whicli has llnce retained it, notwithlbinding 

 Bourbon-l'Ancy. The province is fertile in various kinds the repeated claims and endeavours of the houfe of Aullria 

 of grain and fruit, tobacco, hemp, and flax ; and among its to recover it. The various polftfTions of the dukes of Bur- 

 wines, which are excellent, we may reckon thofe of Nuits, gundy rendered them the moll conliderable powerjn Eu- 

 Beaime, Dijon, VoUenay, Pomard, Chaflagne, Meurfault, rope; and in 1433 a decree of Bayle afTign.-d to Philip the 

 Vofne, Savignc, Mercy, Chambolle, Givri, Mercurey, Good the firfl; rank after kings, and named him the firll 

 Romance, la Tache, Richebourg, iSaint-Gcorge, and Cham- duke of the Chrillian world. The dukes of Burgundy were 

 berlin. The mountains furnifli excellent pafture for cattle the firll ancient peers of France. At the king's corona- 

 and horfes. Its mines afford ores of various metals, particii- tion they bore the crown, and girded on him the fword. 

 larly iron, different forts of Hones, marble, granite, and alio Burgundy, Circle of, a circle of the German empire, 

 coal, and ochre for dyeing. Its forells fupply abundance of made a part of it in 1512 under the emperor Maximilian. 

 wood. It has alfo various manufadlures of iron, wool, linen, It took its name from the province of Burgundy, now dif- 

 and cotton. Its corn, wine, iron, wood, wool, and cattle, membered from the empire, and belonging to France, and 

 furnifli the principal articles of commerce. The dillri£l of has long fince ceaftd to be reckoned among the circles of 

 Brcfle has fubterraneous lakes ; and the cave of Arcy, as the empire. It was formerly under the direClorfliip and 

 Well as the fait fpiing of Vezelay, are worthy of notice, fovereignty of the king of Spain, and comprchend.d not 

 The principal towns of Burgundy are Dijon, the capital, only Higher Burgundy, or Franche Comtc, but likewife 

 Beaune, Chatillon-fur-Seine, Auxerre, Antun, Clialon, the 17 provinces of the Low Countries, which in the rt;gB 

 Magon, Bourg, Bellcy, Gex, &c. Since the revolution, of Charles V. were received as members of the empire. 

 Burgundy is dillributtd into the departments of the Yonne, Burgundy Pitch, fee Pitch. 

 Cote d'Or, the Saone and Loire, and the Ain. Burgundy Pilch, plaller of. See Plaster. 



The ancient kingdom of Burgundy formed three pro- ^^^^GW AKH, Burg-wartJus. or Bur"i.vartHum,\n Miil- 



vinces in the 5th and loth centuries. The firft was that of ill- ylgc Writers, the fame with Bu lwark. The name is 



Provence, whicii fome authors have called the kingdom of alio extended to the town, and even the country about fuch 



Burgundy Cis-Jurana, in reference to mount Jura, now a fortrefs. It ia formed from the Teutonic bur", loiun and 



called Mont St. Claud. This was ellablillied in S55, in ward, cu/loJy, keeping. 



favour of Charles, third fon of the emperor Lothario I., BURHANPOUR, in Geography, a city of Hindoftan 



and comprehended Provence, properly fo called- i.e. the and capital of the Candeifli cou try, and at oe period, of 



country cemtained between the Dura-ce, the Alps, tiie Me- the Deccan alio. It is a fine flour'lhinr rjtv, and is fituated 



diterranean,and the Rhone, togethcrwith the duchy of Lyons, in the midll of a delightful country. This was one of the 



The fecond was formed in bbl8 on the other fide of mou t earliell conqiitltsin the Deccan ; and ii is now in the hai:ds 



Jura, and called Burgundy Trans-Juiana. It comprehended ot the Poonah, or welUrn Ma.irattao, About 20 miles to 



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