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Burghers of Calais

Countries: France

In the midst of the 100 year war between France and England Edward III had the city of Calais besieged and starved.  His terms were that six of the principal citizens should surrender themselves, stripped of their finery, ropes around their necks and carrying the keys to the city and to the castle.  They expected death but Edward’s queen, Philippa of Hainault, persuaded him to spare them.

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Burghers of Calais

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Burghers of Calais

Created for the town square in Calais following France's devastating defeat i...

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W. B. Yeats

W. B. Yeats

Poet and dramatist. Born in Dublin to John Butler Yeats.  A member of The Rhymers' Club. Died in Roquebrune, France.

Person, Poetry, Seriously Famous, Theatre, France, Ireland

6 memorials
Aubrey Beardsley

Aubrey Beardsley

Illustrator. Born Aubrey Vincent Beardsley at 12 Buckingham Road, Brighton. Diagnosed with tuberculosis at the age of seven and described by his mother as 'like a delicate little piece of Dresden c...

Person, Art, Literature, France

1 memorial
Elisabeth Nicole Marie Charlotte Clement-Avoyne

Elisabeth Nicole Marie Charlotte Clement-Avoyne

Elisabeth Nicole Marie Charlotte Avoyne was born on 25 May 1944 in Notre-Dame-d'Estrées, Calvados, Normandy, France. Known as 'Babette', our Picture Source informs that she had joined Pan American...

Person, Aviation, Tragedy, France, Scotland

1 memorial
Lieutenant Gerald Maurice Clive Toft

Lieutenant Gerald Maurice Clive Toft

Resident of Golders Green killed serving in WW2. Gerald Maurice Clive Toft was born in 1923, the elder son of Edmund Toft (1894-1941) and Violette Maud Hélène Toft née Duché (1895-1966). His birth...

Person, Armed Forces, France

War dead, WW2
1 memorial
Voltaire Foundation

Voltaire Foundation

The Voltaire Foundation is a research department in the University of Oxford, publishing in the area of the Eighteenth century, especially the French Enlightenment.

Group, History, Literature, France

1 memorial