It will run through the beginning of the Capetian dynasty to nowadays and will focus on everything related to France and its history.
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La bataille des ponts de Cé, par Paul Lehugeur, XIX° siècle.
In August 1620, a battle in Les Ponts-de-Cé definitely ended a civil war, waged by Marie de Médicis. Her troops were defeated by her son, the French King Louis XIII.
This short rebellion, subdued easily by the King’s troops, is known in France under the name of “Drôlerie des Ponts-de-Cé” (Les Ponts-de-Cé’s joke).
Tapisserie de l’Apocalypse/ Apocalypse tapestry -«…une femme enveloppée du soleil, la lune sous ses pieds, et une couronne de douze étoiles sur sa tête.»
The Apocalypse Tapestry is a medieval French tapestry commissioned by Louis I, the Duke of Anjou, and produced between 1377 and 1382. It depicts the story of the Apocalypse from the Book of Revelation by Saint John the Divine in rich and colourful images, spread over a number of sections. Despite being lost and mistreated in the late 18th century, the tapestry was recovered and restored in the 19th and is now on display at the Chateau d’Angers. It is the oldest French medieval tapestry to have survived.
Château du Plessis-Bourré
Treasurer and chief advisor to King Louis XI, Jean Bourré acquired the estate of Plessis-le Vent in 1462. In 1468, he started building the current chateau on the site of this ancient manor. It only took five years for the building of this masterpiece to be complete. It has not been altered since that time. Le Plessis-Bourré is an example of the Transition style. Its imposing defensive system, including its impressive double draw-bridges its very wide moats, its wall-walk, its corner-towers and its keep, classify it as a stronghold dating from the end of the Middle Ages. However, its elegance, its majestic courtyard, its covered promenade, its large rooms lit by high mullioned windows, its sumptuous decorationand the comfort of its interiors enjoyed by many French kings, all these features speak of the Renaissance.
Around 1365, a court clerk may have been bored during a trial in Foudon, Anjou and doodled a bit :)
Tombeau du roi René/King René’s grave (in Angers cathedral), copy of a 17th manuscript
René of Anjou (Rei Rainièr in Occitan) (16 January 1409 – 10 July 1480), also known as René I of Naples and Good King René (French Le bon roi René), was Duke of Anjou, Count of Provence (1434–1480), Count of Piedmont, Duke of Bar (1430–1480), Duke of Lorraine (1431–1453), King of Naples (1435–1442; titular 1442–1480), titular King of Jerusalem (1438–1480) and Aragon (1466–1480) (including Sicily, Majorca, Corsica). He was the father of the English queen Margaret of Anjou, wife of King Henry VI of England and a key figure in the Wars of the Roses.
