This illustration (from a fourteenth century manuscript of
Les Grandes
Chroniques de France depicts the Battle of Poitiers, a major battle in
the Hundred Years' War between England and France. The image shows King John
(Jean) of France (left) charging at the
Black
Prince (right). The manuscript is catalogued as Bib. Nat. Fr., FR
2813, fol. 399.
This is another illustration of the Battle of Poitiers; it comes from a
fifteenth-century manuscript of Jean Froissart's
Chronicles (Bib.
Nat. Fr., FR 2643, fol. 207).