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
ELD4871887: Representation of the French brigand Louis Dominique Garthausen dit Cartridge (1693-1721) in his cell visited by two monks Il a les membres embezzes dans un pillori (the french highwayman Cartridge in prison attached to the pillory, 1721) Engraving from “Museum-criminal” by Henri Varennes and Edgar Troimaux, late 19th century Private Collection / Bridgeman Images
ELD4872384: Queen Anne of Boheme, wife of Richard II of England begging the king to spare Simon of Burley, accused by the lords appellants of treason, 1388 (Queen Anne intercedes with Gloucester and Arundel, two of the lord appellants, for Sir Simon de Burley, 1388 - Queen Anne (1366-1394) pleaded to they Gloucester and Arundel to spare him but remained deaf to every entreaty) Illustration from “” A Chronicle-of-England”” by James Doyle, 1864 Private collection / Bridgeman Images