Marie of Anjou (1404-1463). Queen consort of France (1422-1461). The Court of Ladies of Marie of Anjou, wife of Charles VII. His chaplain, the scholar Robert Blondel, presents to her the allegorical treatise of the “Twelve Perils of Hell” which he composed for her, 1455. Chromolithography from a miniature of that book. Detail. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-âge et à l'époque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

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