Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Chroniques
France, Troyes (?) or, more probably, Paris, ca. 1412-1415
MS M.804 fol. 134r

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Jean Froissart: Chroniques, Book I, Chapter 171 -- French soldiers in full armor, one carrying standard with arms of Raoul de Reyneval, attack with swords English soldiers in full armor, one carrying standard with arms of Godfrey of Harcourt.
Text describes battle of Coutances in November, 1356, between Godfrey of Harcourt and Raoul de Reyneval.