Chronicles

Froissart recounts seeing a ceremony where Queen Isabella entered Paris on August 20, 1389. The queen was accompanied by the leading women and men of the realm and was greeted by choruses of children dressed as angels and representations of the Holy Trinity. The procession stopped at the Cathedral of Notre Dame, where the queen prayed at the altar and then returned to the palace.

The next day, the king hosted a feast. Then, the royal court watched an enactment of the Trojan War with a large model castle on wheels. However, the crowd was so large the “great heat and stink of the crowd caused the Queen to faint” (358). Finally, after the queen retired to her apartments and recovered, representatives of the citizens of Paris presented the queen with luxurious gifts like gold and silver dishes and cups.

Charles VI went on a tour of southern France, partially to investigate allegations that his uncles, the Dukes of Anjou and Berry, had exploited and oppressed the region. The king resolved several injustices and was greeted extravagantly by the locals with parties. One official working for the Duke of Berry, Betsiac, was arrested and interrogated for impoverishing the people of the area.