Manners, customs, and dress during the Middle Ages and during the Renaissance period (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers and Son · leaf 384
em. After this memorable occasion an edict was issued ordering a levy of six deniers in the pound on every sort of merchandise sold in the kingdom. Paris paid this without hesitation, whereas in the provinces there was much discontented murmuring. But the following year, the King Gold Coins of the… … Fig. 277.— Ecu d'Or. Philip VI. Fig. 278.— Salut d'Or. Charles VI. having tried to raise the six deniers voted by the assembly of 1-313 to twelve, the clergy, nobility, and tiers Stat combined to resist the extortions of the government. Philippe le Pel died, after having yielded to the opposition…
Middle Ages · Renaissance · Manners and customs · Costume
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