FEATURED image: Manuscript 16th century (detail): Queen consort Anne of Brittany (1477-1514) receiving a Book of Hours from her Dominican confessor, Antoine Dufour (d.1509). Montfort L’Amaury returned to the crown of France after Anne of Brittany married Charles VIII “the Affable” (1470-1498) in 1491. Thirty miles from Paris, Montfort-l’Amaury condenses a thousand years of French … Continue reading From Simon de Montfort to Maurice Ravel: A Thousand Years of Montfort-l’Amaury in France.