Paris in the Middle Ages
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In the 10th century Paris was a provincial cathedral city of little political or economic significance, but under the kings of the Capetian dynasty who ruled France between 987 and 1328, it developed
An illustration by Jean Fouquet from about 1450 that depicts the cathedral of Notre-Dame with the rest of Paris in the background
The Sainte-Chapelle was the chapel of the royal palace on the Île de la Cité, built in the 13th century
A view of Paris from Saint-Denis as depicted about 1455 by Jean Fouquet.
Paris in 1380
Charles VI of France
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Charles VI, nicknamed the Beloved and in the 19th century, the Mad, was King of France from 1380 until his death in 1422. He is known for his mental illness and psychotic episodes that plagued him thr
Dauphin Charles, with his father, King Charles V of France. Painted by Claude-Jean Besselièvre c. 1820.
The coronation of Charles VI at Reims Cathedral
Charles seized by madness in the forest near Le Mans in 1392, shown in a miniature from Froissart's Chronicles