#franc

[radarsmenagerie]

insane thing to say

[blackswaneuroparedux]

Joan of Arc was a being so uplifted from the ordinary run of mankind that she finds no equal in a thousand years. She embodied the natural goodness and valour of the human race in unexampled perfection. Unconquerable courage, infinite compassion, the virtue of the simple, the wisdom of the just, shone forth in her. She glorifies as she freed the soil from which she sprang.

- Sir Winston Churchill, The Birth of Britain

What Joan of Arc looked like has always been a contentious debate. In terms of Joan’s appearance, historians have hardly anything to go on. The only image that remains from Joan’s lifetime is merely a doodle, made in the margins of French parliamentary notes by Clément de Fauquembergue, who had never seen her in real life.

There is also a statue head from a church in Orléans. The statue dates to the 15th century, and given Joan’s association with the city and the feminine appearance, for many years historians believed this might be a depiction of her. But some historians dispute this.

Luckily, we do have many descriptions of the ferocious maiden. We know that she was short - probably around 5’ 2”, and very muscular with a strong neck. She had dark hair, cropped short with bangs similar to the men’s hairstyles at the time. Artistic depictions of Joan actually popularised the bob hairstyle in the early 20th century. Her eyes were described as “large, dark, and grave”, and matched her skin tone, which was tan and sunburned from her time outdoors.

Photo: reconstruction using the head of the statue at a church in Orléans of how Joan of Arc might have looked @royalty_now.

[seraltphotography]

Higher places

Collioure,France

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Jules Joseph Lefebvre (French, 1836 - 1911) Pandora, 1872

[empirearchives]

I’m shocked that this is what French money used to look like 👀

[meatmanuel]

business proceeds as usual in the pallas quality.

zine coming soon! featuring lettering by the fantastic @deacblues

[fuckyeahbarbarastanwyck]

[francepittoresque]

5 décembre 1360 : création du « franc à cheval » ou « franc d’or » ➽ http://bit.ly/Creation-Franc Premier franc de l’histoire monétaire française, le « franc à cheval » est créé. Cette pièce d’or valant une livre tournois est frappée pendant la guerre de Cent Ans, au moment de la libération du roi Jean le Bon, qui avait été capturé par les Anglais en 1356 à la bataille de Poitiers

[tyrianwanderings]

[queerlilchinchin]

Ah, my old Voyage of the Wisp story...

So many beautiful characters in that story...

😍😍

Such a gorgeous cast of characters. @lordkingsmith I miss my old story ideas sometimes. <3 *nostalgic sigh*

[alisaineurope]

Hauts-de-France

Aisne 

Nord (Lille)

Oise

Pas-de-Calais

Somme

[slevenn]

some sketches from last weeks of mobilisation against pensions reforms in Lille

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Philippe de Champaigne (French, 1602–1674) Louis XIII of France (1601-1643), 1635 Louis's widow, Queen Anne, dispatched this portrait to the Spanish court in 1655 as a gift to her brother King Philip IV.

[sportsoracle]

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[septembergold]

Rue de Jerzual, Brittany, France