March
25
/ 2020
In the midst of the Hundred Years War between England and France, an enraged French noblewoman turned pirate named Jeanne de Clisson took to the sea with a fleet of warships. She mercilessly hunted down the ships of King Phillip VI to avenge her husband’s death. For her ferocity, she eventually became known as the Lioness of Brittany. Jeanne and her crew were ruthless in their goal and would slaughter almost all of the crew of the King’s ships, leaving just two or three sailors alive, so that the message would get back to the King that the Lioness of Brittany had struck once again. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"media_large","fid":"71776","attributes":{"alt":"","class":"media-image","height":"778","typeof":"foaf:Image","width":"610"}}]] A painting by Elsa Millet depicting Jeanne de Clisson, also known as Jeanne de
