2016 · Vae Victis
French Wars of Religion - Volume 2
Ivry 1590, Marc’hallac’h 1591, Craon 1592
- Ivry 1590
March 1590, Paris has been under siege for a year by Henry IV and is on the brink of famine. To increase the pressure on Paris and Normandy, Henry IV lays siege to Evreux as well. The Duke of Mayenne, lieutenant general of the kingdom of France for the League, decides to go meet the Royalist army.
The clash occurs on the great prairie of Ivry where the king makes his famous speech about his white panache during the charge against Egmont’s Spanish lancers.
- Marc’hallac’h 1591
