Bal des Ardents by Master of Anthony of Burgundy c. 1470s, showing in the foreground a dancer in the wine-vat, Charles huddling under the Duchess of Berry’s skirt on the left middle, while the dancers in the center burn. With detail
Le Bal des Sauvages was a masquerade ball held on 28 January 1393 at which Charles VI of France took part in a dance with five members of the French nobility. Four of the dancers burned to death in an accidental fire.
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