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The One Hundred Years’ War & the Plague
Joan of Arc Painting, c. 1485. An artist’s interpretation, since the only known direct portrait has not survived. (Centre Historique des Archives Nationales, Paris, AE II 2490) (Photo and caption...
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The Art of Maurice Boutet de Monvel
Louis Boutet de Monvel (1851 – 1913) was a French painter and illustrator whose family had produced several artists. He attended the École nationale supérieure des Beaux-Arts, in Paris, where he was...
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The One Hundred Years War, the Plague & Charles d’Orléans, revisited
La Bataille de La Rochelle (One Hundred Years War) (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Jean Froissart TWO POSTS: The One Hundred Years War & the Plague (click on the title to open) Charles d’Orléans:...
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The Armagnac-Burgundian Civil War
John the Fearless (Photo credit: Wikipedia) The painting above is a fine portrait of John the Fearless. The Wikipedia entry does not give the name of the artist, but it could be Rogier van der...
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