Details

Subjects:

Land titles -- Registration and transfer -- France -- History.
History.
Land titles -- Registration and transfer.
France -- History -- 15th century -- Economic aspects.
France.

Form/Genre:

Deeds.
Manuscripts, French.
Manuscripts, Renaissance.

Language:

In French.

Biography/History:

The third son of King Jean II of France. After the death of his brother Charles V, Jean de Berry and his brothers acted as regents for their nephew and heir to the throne Charles VI between 1380 and 1388 and between 1392 and 1402. Although Charles VI ended the regency in 1388, he continued to suffer from psychological afflictions, which caused struggles for power among the nobility. After the death of his brothers, the duc de Berry became active in attempting to end the feud between his nephews Louis I de Valois, duc d'Orléans and Jean II, duc de Bourgogne.

Summary:

A record of a real estate transaction between Jehan (Jean), duc de Berry and his great nephew Charles de Valois, duc d'Orléans (son of Louis I de Valois, duc d'Orléans). The document, dated 19 January, 1411 is written in 8 long lines, in a secretary script; it is signed by a witness, duc Leveseque de Chartres. There is some contemporary writing on the verso of the vellum leaf.

Penn Provenance:

Purchased, 1957.

Cited in:

Described in Zacour, Norman P. and Hirsch, Rudolf. Catalogue of Manuscripts in the Libraries of the University of Pennsylvania to 1800 (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1965), p.187 (Ms. Lea 197).

Contributor:

Charles, d'Orléans, 1394-1465, addressee.
Miscellaneous Manuscripts Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

OCLC:

237187453