Image of Ms 6 f.218 The Burghers of Calais submitting to Edward by English School, (15th century)

Ms 6 f.218 The Burghers of Calais submitting to Edward III, 1347, from 'St. Alban's...

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Image title: Ms 6 f.218 The Burghers of Calais submitting to Edward III, 1347, from 'St. Alban's Chronicle' (vellum)
Artist: English School, (15th century) / English
Location: Lambeth Palace Library, London, UK
Medium: vellum
Date: C15th AD

Image description: with Flemish illuminations; St. Alban; Edward III, after victory in the Battle of Crécy, laid siege to Calais, while Philip VI of France ordered the city to hold out at all costs. Philip failed to lift the siege, and starvation eventually forced the city to parley for surrender; Edward offered to spare the people of the city if any six of its top leaders would surrender themselves to him, presumably to be executed. Their lives were spared by the intervention of England's Queen, Philippa of Hainault, who persuaded her husband to exercise mercy by claiming that their deaths would be a bad omen for her unborn child.
Photo credit: © Lambeth Palace Library / Bridgeman Images
Image keywords: 14th century / 15th century / England / United Kingdom / Europe / capitulation / castle / colour / Edward III king of England (1312-1377) / house of Plantagenet / house of York / illumination (manuscript) / France / war / Hundred Years' War (1337-1453) / history / Middle Ages / prostration / king / royalty / sacrifice / The Burghers Of Calais / Philippa of Hainault (1310-1369) / Calais / Nord Pas de Calais

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