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Ep 102 - The Fatal Masquerade: Bal des Ardents
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Today, we bring you to one of the worst parties of all time. It's 1393, and The Mad French King, Charles VI - was mock-celebrating the third marriage of his wife's lady-in-waiting (I know that's confusing, hang on), and the celebration turned into a horror show when The Duke of Orleans brought a torch a tad too close to the King and his buddies dressed like wild men of the woods.
Someone invite us to a masquerade please!
Sources:
The French King Who Believed He Was Made of Glass - https://daily.jstor.org/french-king-who-believed-made-glass/
https://forvo.com/word/bal_des_ardents/
A Distant Mirror: The Calamitous 14th Century
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