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XEE4407221: King Francois I (1494-1547) and Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk commissioned to marry Mary Tudor (Mary of England) raised with the debauches at the Court. engraving in “History of prostitution and debauchery among all the peoples of the world from antiquity to the present day” by Dr. Th. -F. Debray. 1879., French School, (19th century) / Bridgeman Images
XEE4407826: Battle of the Trento a Ploermel. On March 27, 1351, on the moor of Ploermel, two Breton camps dealt with their differences by fighting. Eight Englishmen were killed and the others surrendered. It is said that, in the fierce battle, the chief of the Bretons (Jean de Beaumanoir), exhausted with heat and fatigue, asked for a drink; one of his companions answered him, “Drink your blood, Beaumanoir, thirst will pass you.”, Unknown Artist, (20th century) / Bridgeman Images