Charles VI of France - Cultural References

Cultural References

  • Christine de Pisan dedicates a poem to King Charles VI "Prière pour le roi Charles" in which she pleas for the health of her king.
  • The Romantic French poet Gérard de Nerval wrote a poem dedicated to the king: "Rêverie de Charles VI".
  • The novel The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge by Rainer Maria Rilke describes the old age of Charles VI at length.
  • King Charles VI, and his madness, are mentioned at length in the historical novel In a Dark Wood Wandering (1949) by Hella S. Haasse.

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