In 1454, Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy took the “Oath of the Pheasant” promising to do this.
- Visit the Holy Land
- Make peace with France
- Remain unmarried
- Crusade against the Turks
In 1454, Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy took the “Oath of the Pheasant” promising to do this.
Crusade against the Turks. The Ottoman Turks had conquered Constantinople in 1453 and crusade fever swept Western Europe. Philip held a feast to promote a crusade and took an oath to fight the Turks, but it never happened.