MARCHING DOWN RUE SAINT-DENIS

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RESIDENTS HANG TAPESTRIES OR SUMPTUOUS CLOTHS 

FROM THE WINDOWS AND TRUMPETS BLARE

            Entrée de Charles VII à Rouen, 1449 / zoom

 

   Les Croisées arrivent à Constantinople (detail) by Jean Fouquet, mid-15th century / zoom

Knights joust at halts:

L'Entrée d'Isabeau de Bavière à Paris,1389, "Froissart's Chronicles" / zoom

Jesters and elegant youths add fun and glamour:

L'Entrée d'Isabeau de Bavière in 1385 (cropped) by Jean Fouquet / zoom

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Growing royal power brings change:

• 1557: Mythology is introduced, reinforcing nobles and kings.

• 1594: Soldiers replace the baldaquin.

   Henry IV arrive à Notre-Dame le 22 mars, 1594 /  zoom

• 1610: Louis XIII begins his entry at the Bastille fortress, on the other side of town.

L'Entrée de Louis XIII en 1610 / zoom (please scroll down)

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• 1661: Louis XIV's entry concludes not at Notre-Dame Cathedral but at the Louvre palace, after wheeling about in front of the statue of the Bourbon dynasty's founder (Henri IV, 1585-1610).

          L'Entrée royale de  Louis XIV et Maria-Theresa d'Espagne en 1660, no more information / zoom

The change is part of stronger kingship:

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