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June 24, 2014, 05:09 AM
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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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