Bal des Ardents: When the King of France nearly burned to death
What was supposed to be a fun night celebrating a wedding ended with four French nobles dead, and the King of France coming close to burning to death.
By Peter Konieczny
Perhaps the strangest scandal from the Middle Ages took place on 28 January 1393 in Paris. What was supposed to be a fun night celebrating a...
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