The Fearless Ardents (Le Bal des Ardents); The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men
The Fearless Ardents (Le Bal des Ardents); The Bal des Ardents (Ball of the Burning Men) or Bal des Sauvages, was a masquerade ball[note 1] held on 28 January Four of the dancers were killed in a fire caused by a King Charles and the remaining dancer, the noble knight Ogier de Nantouillet, survived. The ball was one of a number of events intended to entertain the young king, who the previous summer had suffered an attack of insanity. The event undermined confidence in Charles' capacity to rule