Isabeau de Bavière (1370-1435) was the wife of Charles VI. The daughter Isabelle de Valois (1389-1409) was the third child and second daughter whom survived to adulthood.
Isabeau de Bavière and her daughter Isabelle de Valois.
Tag: Gothic costumes
Medieval gothic era. The clothes in the Middle Ages reflected the place of the person dressed in the medieval estate system of Christian Europe again. The color choice was a distinguishing factor between the estates. In the Gothic clothing became increasingly elaborate. The fashions of the early, high and late Gothic differ very much from each other. At the beginning of the early Gothic in the 13th century, the male fashion of female approaches sharply. Both sexes have long outerwear in the form of a so-called Cotte. It predominates initially seem a little form-fitting fashion, showing essentially towering, slim body – a common ground with the gothic architecture.
Agnès Sorel. La Dame de beauté. France 15th c.
AGNES SOREL or Soreau, known by the sobriquet Dame de beauté, 1422 – 1450), mistress of Charles VII, King of France (1403 – 1461), was born in the village of Fromenteau, in Touraine.
Marie of Hainaut, Duchess of Bourbon
Marie de Hainaut, also known as Marie d’Avesnes, Duchess of Bourbon was the wife of Louis I of Bourbon.
Laura de Noves, or also called Laure de Sade 1310-1348.
Laura de Noves, or also called Laure de Sade (1310 – 1348). Her son Hugues III was ancestor of the later Marquis de Sade.
The Origin of the Teutonic Order of Knighthood. The German Crusaders.
Origin of the Teutonic Order of Knighthood — Its development — Siege of Acre — The Order nurses the sick — The dress of the Knights — The rale — The officers and constitution — The Order of Christ
The First Crusade. Knights Hospitaller of the Order of Saint John.
The First Crusade was a Christian war campaign to conquer Palestine called by Pope Urban II in 1095.
The Knights Templar. The Second Crusade in the Middle Ages.
Foundation of the Order of the Temple — St. Bernard aids the Order—Constitution of the Order — St. Bernard’s account of the Templars — The Christian power in the East weakened — The Second Crusade — The siege of Damascus — Letter of a Knight Templar — Exploits of the Templars in Palestine
Chasuble of Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury.
Chasuble, Mitre, and Stole of Archbishop Thomas à Becket of Canterbury.
Headdress Siena 13th century. Horned shaped hennin.
Woman from Siena, wearing a horned shaped hennin. Italy 13th century.
German patricians. Reformation. 15th c.
Clothing of German citizens during the Reformation, 1450.