Illustration from

Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris
Matthaei Paris Chronica Maiora I

Battle of Bouvines, 1214


Battle. Philip of France unhorsed. Hugo de Boues gallops off to right, shot at.


Chronica Maiora II, Saint Albans, England, ca. 1240–53. Folio 41r, MS 16II, Parker Library, Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Figure 106, p185 The Art of Matthew Paris in the Chronica Majora by Suzanne Lewis, 1987.

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See also A Knight of c.1250 in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, based on Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris.
A Sergeant in Armies of Feudal Europe 1066-1300 by Ian Heath, based on Chronica Majora by Matthew Paris.