Title: The age of King Charles V (1338-1380)
Description: Collection of 1000 images from 7 manuscripts housed in the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The images are from manuscripts that were created during the reign of Charles V (1338-1380), and include such topics as religion, science and technology, etc., the Catalan Atlas, Cresques Abraham, and the Hundred Years' War. Includes 17 short essays about the period to explain and accompany the images.
Subjects: History, French Illumination of books and manuscripts
Places: France
People: Charles V King of France (1338-1380)
Time periods: 14th century