ELD4872506: Hundred years war: “” King Edward III of England vows that he will make peace, 1360 - After rejecting offers for peace during the Hundred Years War a great thunderstorm frightened the King (1312-1377) - He is shown stretching his hand towards the Cathedral of Chartres and vowing that he would no longer be an obstacle to peace - The Treaty of Bretigny was signed about three weeks later on 8th May 1360) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images
TEC4622597: The gargoyles of the Hotel de Cluny in Paris. One of the most beautiful monuments of medieval civil architecture in Paris elevated to the iniative of the Abbes of Cluny by Jacques d'Amboise (around 1440 or 1450-1516), brother of the cardinal minister. Restores after the ransacks of the Revolution, it now houses collections of sculptures and art objects from the Middle Ages. Renovated since 1991, the National Museum of the Middle Ages Thermes de Cluny. / Bridgeman Images