Assassination of John the Fearless (1371-1419), Duke of Burgundy (1404-1419), on the Bridge of Montereau over the Yonne river, on 10 September, 1419. John was killed by Tanguy du Chatel and Jean Louvet, counsellors of the Dauphin who would later become Charles VII of France. Engraving. Facsimile after a miniature from "Chroniques de Monstrelet", 15th-century manuscript. "Moeurs, usages et costumes au moyen-age et a l'epoque de la Renaissance", by Paul Lacroix. Paris, 1878.

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