Challenge of the Tournament. Chivalrous scene at the court of King René. Costumes of the 15th century. Costumes du 15ème siècle. Le bon Roi René, René Ier d’Anjou ou Renatus d’Anjou de 1409 à 1480.
Défi du Tournoi. Costumes du 15ème siècle.
Category: France
Jeu de Paume. Medieval ball game in the 13th century.
Jeu de Paume (French for “play with the palm”) was a forerunner of tennis, the game is already occupied in the Middle Ages in cloisters.
Duc of the Court of Francis I, 1530. Fashion of the Renaissance.
Duc de la cour de François Ier, 1530. Illustration de 1861 par Compte-Calix (1813-1880) Musée cosmopolite.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799.
Timeline of the French Revolution 1789 – 1799. January 24, 1789 – November 9, 1799 – Coup of 18 Brumaire to Paris – the end of the French Revolution.
Lady at the Court of Francis I, 1530.
Lady at the Court of Francis I, 1530. Renaissance fashion era.
Costumes Pyrenees. Surroundings of Pau.
Costumes Pyrenees. Surroundings of Pau. Environs de Pau.
Charles D’Anjou. French Capetian royal dynasty. 13th century.
Charles I of Anjou, a side branch of the French royal dynasty Capetian.
Smuggler. Costumes Pyrenees 1834.
Smuggler. Costumes Pyrenees 1834. Contrebandier.
Louis XIII on horseback. Equestrian portrait 1615.
Louis XIII à cheval. D’après une gravure de 1615. Dessin de Chevignard.
Tournament of Knights. 14th century. Medieval clothing.
Historical costumes from the thirteenth, fourteenth and fifteenth centuries by Camille Bonnard and Paul Mercuri