Anonymous

King John the Good, ca.
1360

Oil on canvas on Panel 59 x 37 cm

Paris, Louvre

 

 

 

 

 

JohntheGood.jpg (121620 bytes) John the Good (1350-1364)  was hardly good for France.  He and his army were defeated at the Battle of  Poitiers (1356).  Even worse he made one last, futile charge against the English and was captured.  See Lecture Eight.