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.