Storming of a village by mercenary soldiers. Murders of villagers and peasants. Detail of a miniature from the prologue of "Des cas des nobles hommes et femmes", 1465, by Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-1375), translated from Latin into French by Laurent de Premierfait (d. 1418). Condé Museum. Château de Chantilly. France.

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