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    The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men) or the Bal des Sauvages (Ball of the Wild Men), was a masquerade ball held on 28 January 1393 in Paris, France...
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    own men in the forest of Le Mans. A few months later, following the Bal des Ardents (January 1393) where he narrowly escaped death from burning, Charles...
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    life of her nephew, King Charles VI of France, during the disastrous Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men). Joan was born around 1378 to John II, Count...
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    masque for one of Isabeau's ladies-in-waiting—an event later known as Bal des Ardents—ended in disaster with the King almost burning to death. Although the...
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    Masquerade ball (redirect from Bal masqué)
    medieval court life. The "Bal des Ardents" ("Burning Men's Ball") was held by Charles VI of France, and intended as a Bal des sauvages ("Wild Men's Ball")...
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    of Paris due to his reputation for womanizing and his role in the Bal des Ardents tragedy, which resulted in the deaths of four French nobles and the...
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    conflict with his uncles The Battle of Otterburn Book IV 1389–1400 The Bal des Ardents at a festival in honor of Isabeau of Bavaria A tournament in Smithfield...
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    April 2020 this film does not appear to have been made. Novels portal Bal des Ardents Ghost story The Decameron The Plague (novel) "The Castle of Otranto:...
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    Saint-Paul and Rue du Petit-Musc. It was the site of the notorious Bal des Ardents in 1393, when the elaborate costumes of four dancers, all members of...
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    courtiers enjoyed wearing fancy-dress for festivities; the disastrous Bal des Ardents in 1393 in Paris is the most famous example. Men, as well as women...
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