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Siège de Rouen (1418-1419). Miniature du manuscrit de Martial d'Auvergne, Les Vigiles de Charles VII, vers 1484, BnF, Manuscrit Français 5054, folio 19 verso

Triumphal Entry into Rouen, 19 January 1419

The Siege of Rouen lasted from July 1418 to January 19th 1419. Henry Vs army had adopted the method of starving the city into submission. Thousands of people were forced from inside the walls but…