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Battle Of Chizé
The Battle of Chiset also known as the Battle of Chizai or Battle of Chizé was fought at Chizé on 21 March 1373 between English and French forces during the Hundred Years' War. The French had laid siege to the town and the English sent a relief force. The French, led by Bertrand du Guesclin, met the relief force and defeated it. It was the last major battle in the Valois campaign to recover the county of Poitou, which had been ceded to the English by the Treaty of Brétigny A treaty is a formal, legally binding written agreement between sovereign states and/or international organizations that is governed by international law. A treaty may also be known as an international agreement, protocol, covenant, conventio ... in 1360. The French victory put an end to English domination in the area. References * the article is partly based on the equivalent article on French Wikipedia Chiset Conflicts in 1373 1373 in England 1370s in France Hundred Years' War, 1369–1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Froissart Of Louis Of Gruuthuse
The Froissart of Louis of Gruuthuse (BnF Fr 2643–6) is a heavily illustrated deluxe illuminated manuscript in four volumes, containing a French text of Froissart's ''Chronicles'', written and illuminated in the first half of the 1470s in Bruges, Flanders, in modern Belgium. The text of Froissart's ''Chronicles'' is preserved in more than 150 manuscript copies. This is one of the most lavishly illuminated examples, commissioned by Louis of Gruuthuse, a Flemish nobleman and bibliophile. Several leading Flemish illuminators worked on the miniatures. The four volumes are now in the in Paris as BnF, MSS Français 2643–6, and contain 110 miniatures of various sizes painted by some of the best artists of the day. The page size is approximately 44 × 33 cm, with miniatures of various sizes, from three-quarter–page and half-page, to historiated initials. The French text is in two columns and there is extensive marginal decoration of scrolling stems and other plant motifs, wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
