EditorialJean le Bon, John II, King of France, military costume, 1319-1364. He wears a helmet with crown and plume, suit of plate armour, pelisse in gold wool lined with red velvet, and holds a dagger (misericorde). From a miniature in the first volume of Frois...
EditorialEnglish King Edward III on his throne, clad in a tunic with English and French emblems, listens to a speech by Robert of Artois, who beseeches him to accept the title of King of France. From the " Chronicles" of the Hundred Years War by Frois...