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The Bal des Ardents, at the Hotel de St. Pol, 1393. Six men including King Charles VI dressed as wood savages in the masquerade, which ended in tragedy when their costumes caught fire. Evan de Foix and three other knights died. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.

The Bal des Ardents, at the Hotel de St. Pol, 1393. Six men including King Charles VI dressed as wood savages in the masquerade, which ended in tragedy when their costumes caught fire. Evan de Foix and three other knights died. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.
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The Bal des Ardents, at the Hotel de St. Pol, 1393. Six men including King Charles VI dressed as wood savages in the masquerade, which ended in tragedy when their costumes caught fire. Evan de Foix and three other knights died. Handcoloured lithograph after an illuminated manuscript from Sir John Froissart's "Chronicles of England, France, Spain and the Adjoining Countries, from the Latter Part of the Reign of Edward II to the Coronation of Henry IV," George Routledge, London, 1868.
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6730 x 5121 px | 98.6 MB
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57.0 x 43.4 cm | 22.4 x 17.1 in (300 dpi)
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