“Young man pertaining to the nobility, that still had not been armed knight”. However, it should be noted, and from here comes the euphemistic relationship with homosexuality, that these guys used to serve as pages to kings and nobles. A model of relationship, the young and beautiful boy...
In the late 15th century the chateau was substantially expanded and renovated by Kings Louis X1 (who reigned 1461-1483) and Charles VIII (1483-1498). The work occurred just before the adoption by French monarchs of the new Italian Renaissance styles in architecture, and Amboise maintained the ...
he produced a map in 1444 of the region contested between France and Burgundy, in order to define French enclaves that could be eliminated to simplify the border.Between 1454 and 1461 he left the Burgundian court to work for the French kings Charles VII and Louis XI in Paris, wher...
It was formed due to the need for reliable troops during the Hundred Years' War, though the Army was not disbanded because it saw continued use by the Kings of France following the conflict. Upon the outbreak of a conflict, an ordonnance would be issued to govern the length of service, ...
Partly French and partly English; of, belonging to, or involving both France and England. Origin Late 16th century; earliest use found in William Fulke (d. 1589), theologian and college head. From French + English. Definition of French-English in US English: French-English adjectiveˌfrɛ...
Few countries demonstrated the complete power of a monarch like France during the Age of Absolutism, which was a period of European history from the 16th century to the 19th century, where the kings and queens held all the power of the state. Even afterwards, while other nations were developi...
The Revolution of France had frightened the other kings of Europe. Armies from Austria and Prussia began to march against France. The French raised republican armies to defend the nation. The Revolution went through a period of terror. Thousands of people lost their lives. In the end, power ...
Château d’Amboise was the seat of the Court of Kings from Louis XI to Francis I and Charles VIII, who extensively rebuilt the property started in 1492 in the French late Gothic Flamboyant style, Gothic architecture and later on turned into Renaissance style. The château has been recognise...
LATERAL MINIATURES WITH STANDING FIGURES OR SCENES relating to the text they flank, TWO HUNDRED AND EIGHTY-THREEBAS-DE-PAGEMINIATURES WITH NARRATIVE SCENES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT, running from the creation of Man to the end of II Kings (cropping to upper and lower elements of architectural frame...
Thegalette des rois, or kings’ cake, was invented in the 13th century to celebrate the arrival of the Three Kings at Jesus’ manger. Made from puff pastry filled with frangipane, one of the slices contains afève(small, porcelain figurine). The person who finds thefèveis nominated king ...