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Siege of Autun (1591)

The Siege of Autun, oil painting, c. 1600, now in the Musée Rolin[1]

During the French Wars of Religion, the siege of Autun lasted from 18 May until 20 June 1591. The city of Autun, held by the Catholic League, successfully resisted a Huguenot royal army under Marshal Jean VI d'Aumont.[2]

Around 1600, the siege of Autun became the subject of an oil painting on a wood panel.[3][4] It is based on an earlier print.[5] The work is essentially a map of the siege.[6] Its purpose was to memorialise and celebrate the siege as a victory for the Catholics.[3]

References

  1. ^ Serchuk 2025, p. 171.
  2. ^ Abord 1881, p. 193.
  3. ^ a b Serchuk 2025, p. 155.
  4. ^ Gajewski 2019, p. 947.
  5. ^ Serchuk 2025, p. 8.
  6. ^ Serchuk 2025, p. 170.

Works cited

  • Abord, Hippolyte (1881). Histoire de la réforme et de la ligue dans la ville d'Autun. Vol. 2. Dumoulin.
  • Ashley, Kathleen M. (2002). "Creating Family Identity in Books of Hours". Journal of Medieval and Early Modern Studies. 32 (1): 145–165.
  • Gajewski, Alexandra (2019). "When Artists Drew Maps". The Burlington Magazine. 161 (1400): 946–950. JSTOR 10.2307/26997301.
  • Serchuk, Camille (2025). Lies of the Land: Painted Maps in Late Medieval and Early Modern France. Penn State University Press.
  • Trévisi, Marion (2019). "Femmes et guerres de siège en France à l'époque moderne: le choix des armes?". In Jean Baechler (ed.). Figures de la guerre. Hermann. pp. 101–114.

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