Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Chroniques
France, Troyes (?) or, more probably, Paris, ca. 1412-1415
MS M.804 fol. 111v

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Miniature:
Jean Froissart: Chroniques, Book I, Chapter 141-142 -- English soldiers, in full armor, emerging from tents, holding spears, attack French, Norman, and Breton soldiers, wearing full armor, holding spears, emerging from city gates.
Text describes battle of La Roche-d'Errien on June 20, 1347, when the English capture Charles of Blois.