Clovis II exempte l'abbaye de Saint-Denis, Jean Fouquet, between 1455 and 1460

Clovis ii exempted the abbey of saint-denis from episcopal privileges assassination of ansegisel great chronicles of france, illuminated by jean fouquet, tours, circa 1455-1460 paris, bnf, department of manuscripts, french 6465, fol. 70 (sixth book) clovis ii exempted the abbey of saint-denis from episcopal privileges: in a scene imagined by fouquet in saint-denis, the king, before the assembly of barons and bishops of his kingdom, listens to the bishop of paris, landry, declaring that he is abandoning episcopal rights and privileges in the territory of the abbey of saint-denis. Assassination of ansegisel (background right): it was during a hunt that ansegisel, the father of pépin d'héristal, was assassinated by gondouin, his adopted son. Object Type: painting. Date: between 1455 and 1460.