Illuminated illustrations of Froissart; Selected from the ms. in the British museum.Froissart, Jean
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Illuminated illustrations of Froissart; Selected from the ms. in the British museum.
Froissart, Jean
Froissart, Jean, 1338?-1410? Chroniques -- Illustrations; Illumination of books and manuscripts -- Specimens
[17] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, vol. i. p. 681, and vol. ii. p.
566.
[18] Froissart has previously described her as the sister of
Wenceslaus, King of Bohemia, who became Emperor of Germany, and took
the title of Emperor of Rome also.
[19] 29th January, 1392, Old Style.--_Note of Buchon._
[20] The Monk of St. Denis says, “C’était une coutume pratiquée en
divers lieux de la France, de faire impunément mille folies au mariage
des femmes veuves, et d’emprunter avec des habits extravagants la
liberté de dire des vilenies au mari et à l’épousée. Voilà pourquoi le
Roi et ses cinques compagnons se déguisèrent en satyres et dansèrent
des danses lascives en présence de toute la cour.”--_Note of Buchon._
[21] For a full and most interacting account of this event, see Smith’s
edition of Froissart, vol. ii. p. 550.
[22] For other particulars, and the History of the long contest between
the Houses of Montfort and Blois for the Duchy of Brittany, see Smith’s
edition of Froissart, Index at end of Vol. II., Articles Montfort, and
Blois.
[23] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, Vol. II. page 565.
[24] De Varennes preached about 1390.
[25] See Smith’s edition of Froissart, Vol. II. page 708.
Typographical errors corrected by the etext transcriber:
Geoffry=> Geoffrey {pgs. 21 & 22}
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