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Julie d'Aubigny
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Julie d'Aubigny, better known as Mademoiselle Maupin or La Maupin, was a French opera singer. Little is known for certain about her life beyond her position as a soloist at the Paris Opera and some of
"Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra". Anonymous print, c. 1700.
"Mademoiselle Maupin de l'Opéra". Anonymous print, c. 1700.
D'Aubigny's first partner was Louis de Lorraine, comte d'Armagnac.
D'Aubigny's first partner was Louis de Lorraine, comte d'Armagnac.
The fictional Mademoiselle de Maupin, from Six Drawings Illustrating Théophile Gautier's Romance Mademoiselle de Maupin by Aubrey Beardsley, 1898
The fictional Mademoiselle de Maupin, from Six Drawings Illustrating Théophile Gautier's Romance Mademoiselle de Maupin by Aubrey Beardsley, 1898
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A duel is an arranged engagement in combat between two people with matched weapons.
Julie d'Aubigny
…fencing master named Séranne. When Lieutenant-General of Police Gabriel Nicolas de la Reynie tried to apprehend Sérannes for killing a man in an illegal duel, the couple fled the city to the countryside. During this period, d'Aubigny and Sérannes made a living by giving fencing exhibitions and singing in…
The Code Of Honor—A Duel in the Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris, wood-engraving after Godefroy Durand, Harper's Weekly (January 1875)
The Code Of Honor—A Duel in the Bois De Boulogne, Near Paris, wood-engraving after Godefroy Durand, Harper's Weekly (January 1875)
Depiction of a judicial combat in the Dresden codex of the Sachsenspiegel (early to mid-14th century), illustrating the provision that the two combata
Depiction of a judicial combat in the Dresden codex of the Sachsenspiegel (early to mid-14th century), illustrating the provision that the two combatants must "share the sun", i.e. align themselves perpendicular to the sun so that neither has an advantage.
Minamoto no Yoshihira and Taira no Shigemori (Japan in 1159)
Minamoto no Yoshihira and Taira no Shigemori (Japan in 1159)
Commemorative poster for the fourth centennial of the Disfida di Barletta, the Challenge of Barletta, fought on 13 February 1503 between 13 Italian an
Commemorative poster for the fourth centennial of the Disfida di Barletta, the Challenge of Barletta, fought on 13 February 1503 between 13 Italian and 13 French knights all shown wearing full plate armour.