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BURGHERS OF CALAIS

During the Siege of Calais by Edward III, six burghers offer themselves as ransom for their fellow-citizens : his wife Philippa intercedes, and their lives are spared

Picture No
10053277
Media ID
47256560
Size
3299px x 4424px (5.7MB)
Credit
Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
engraving by Henri Cain in Charles Seignobos, Scenes et episodes de l'Histoire Nationale (1891) page 98
Date
1346/1347

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1346 1347 Burghers Calais Fellow Offer Philippa Ransom Spared


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