Jean le Bon, John II, King of France, battle armour, 1319-1364.


Jean le Bon, John II, King of France, battle armour, 1319-1364. He wears a bizarre spherical helmet topped with a fleur de lys, short tunic with coat of arms, and suit of armour in steel plate. From a print in the Gaignieres collection at the Bibliotheque du Roi. Handcoloured copperplate drawn and engraved by Leopold Massard from French Costumes from King Clovis to Our Days, Massard, Mifliez, Paris, 1834.


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Photo credit: © Florilegius / Alamy / Afripics
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