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    Icon3 Illustrations of 14th century French soldiers

    Illustrations of early 14th century French soldiers

    John, Duke of Normandy (1332-1350) commissioned a revised edition of the Grandes Chroniques de France which was extended to the death of Louis IX (1270). It was produced in Paris and illustrated by Mahiet, Master of the Cambrai Missal.
    Here are selected pictures with early 14th century knights, men-at-arms and infantry:

    Battle of Etampes
    Burning of Argentan; battle of Val-es-Dunes & the surrender of a castle
    The Abbey of Vezelay being attacked by crossbowmen
    Foot soldiers and cavalry
    Louis IX setting out on the Seventh Crusade, 1248
    Battle-scene & deaths from pestilence



    Ian Heath's Sergeant-at-Arms in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 is based on an illumination of Louis IX setting out on the Seventh Crusade in a Chroniques de France ou de St Denis



    MIRROR SITES
    The Grandes Chroniques de France. British Library, Royal MS 16 G VI
    Louis IX setting out on the Seventh Crusade in a Chroniques de France ou de St Denis

    Illustrations of late 14th century French soldiers
    A major source for the late 14th century is the Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, British Library MS Royal 20 C VII, c.1398


    Commander of Companions, Sir Robert Knollys, by Ian Heath, based on Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, folio 186r, The English army

    French Men-At-Arms c.1398, by Ian Heath, based on Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, folio 136v, Passage of the Seine

    Dismounted French Man-At-Arms c.1398, by Ian Heath, based on:
    Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, folio 136r, A battle renewed,
    martel-de-fer: folio 19r, French destroying Genoa,
    dagged mail & leg harness: folio 34r, The Battle of Courtrai &
    scabbard through aketon: folio 212r, Killing of the bailiff

    English Archer c.1398, in Armies of the Middle Ages, Volume 1 by Ian Heath and Crossbowman, 14th century, by Ian Heath based on Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, folio 137v, Battle on the bridge over the Seine

    Infantrymen c.1398, by Ian Heath based on Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, f41v, Rioters pillaging a house in Paris and Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, folio 62r, King of Bohemia

    Low Countries Pikeman c.1398, by Ian Heath based on Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, folio 214v, Battle of Mons-en-Pévèle, 1304

    There are also peasants and Jacquerie

    14th century French & Flemish Tapestries
    A drawing of a 14th century Bidower by Ian Heath is based on Julius Caesar and Attendants from the Nine Heroes Tapestries, Flanders


    A drawing of a 14th French Mounted Sergeant by Ian Heath is based on French soldiers in the Angers Apocalypse tapestry, 1377-1382


    MIRROR SITES
    Chroniques de France ou de St Denis, British Library MS Royal 20 C VII, c.1398
    A drawing of a 14th century Bidower by Ian Heath based on Julius Caesar and Attendants from the Nine Heroes Tapestries, Flanders
    A drawing of a 14th French Mounted Sergeant by Ian Heath based on French soldiers in the Angers Apocalypse tapestry, 1377-1382

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    14th Century Illustrations of Costume & Soldiers

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