Editing Notre-Dame de Paris (section)

===15th–18th century===
On 16 December 1431, the boy-king [[Henry VI of England]] was crowned king of France in Notre-Dame, aged ten, the traditional coronation church of [[Reims Cathedral]] being under French control.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Allmand |first=C. |author-link=Christopher Allmand |title=The Coronations of Henry VI |date=May 1982 |url=http://www.historytoday.com/ct-allmand/coronations-henry-vi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170728212009/https://www.historytoday.com/ct-allmand/coronations-henry-vi |archive-date=28 July 2017 |url-status=live |magazine=[[History Today]] |volume=32 |issue=5}}</ref>

During the [[Renaissance]], the Gothic style fell out of style, and the internal pillars and walls of Notre-Dame were covered with tapestries.<ref name="Libération1">{{cite news|title=Notre-Dame de Paris, joyau de l'art gothique, célèbre ses 850 ans|url=http://www.liberation.fr/depeches/2012/12/12/notre-dame-de-paris-joyau-de-l-art-gothique-celebre-ses-850-ans_867048|language=fr|work=[[Libération]]|date=12 December 2012}}{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

In 1548, rioting [[Huguenots]] damaged some of the statues of Notre-Dame, considering them [[idolatrous]].<ref name=Chavis>{{cite news|last=Chavis|first=Jason|title=Facts on the Notre Dame Cathedral in France|url=http://traveltips.usatoday.com/notre-dame-cathedral-france-3356.html|work=USA Today|access-date=3 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131023060157/http://traveltips.usatoday.com/notre-dame-cathedral-france-3356.html|archive-date=23 October 2013}}</ref>

{{ill|Notre-Dame Parvise Fountain|fr|Fontaine du Parvis Notre-Dame|lt=The fountain}} in Notre-Dame's [[parvise|parvis]] was added in 1625 to provide nearby Parisians with running water.<ref>{{cite web|title=Fontaines et réservoirs de Paris|url=https://400ansaqueducmedicis.org/fontaines-et-reservoirs-de-paris/|language=fr|access-date=19 April 2019|website=400ansaqueducmedicis.org|archive-date=13 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210413211220/https://400ansaqueducmedicis.org/fontaines-et-reservoirs-de-paris/|url-status=usurped}}</ref>

Since 1449, the Parisian goldsmith guild had made regular donations to the cathedral chapter. In 1630, the guild began donating a large altarpiece every year on 1 May. These works came to be known as the ''[[May (painting)|grands mays]]''.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.notredamedeparis.fr/la-cathedrale/linterieur/peintures/les-grands-mays-de-notre-dame-de-paris/|title=Les grands "Mays"|website=notredamedeparis.fr|access-date=30 April 2019|archive-date=20 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820092615/http://www.notredamedeparis.fr/la-cathedrale/linterieur/peintures/les-grands-mays-de-notre-dame-de-paris|url-status=live}}</ref> The subject matter was restricted to episodes from the [[Acts of the Apostles]]. The prestigious commission was awarded to the most prominent painters and, after 1648, members of the [[Académie Royale]].

Seventy-six paintings had been donated by 1708, when the custom was discontinued for financial reasons. Those works were confiscated in 1793 and the majority were subsequently dispersed among regional museums in France. Those that remained in the cathedral were removed or relocated within the building by the 19th-century restorers.

Thirteen of the ''grands mays'' hang in Notre-Dame; these paintings suffered water damage during the fire of 2019 and were removed for conservation.

An altarpiece depicting [[Visitation (Christianity)|The Visitation]], painted by [[Jean Jouvenet]] in 1707, was also in the cathedral.

The [[Canon (priest)|canon]] Antoine de La Porte commissioned for Louis XIV six paintings depicting the life of the [[Virgin Mary]] for the choir. At this same time, [[Charles de La Fosse]] painted his ''Adoration of the Magi'', now in the [[Louvre]].<ref>{{cite web|title=L'Adoration des mages|url=https://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/l-adoration-des-mages-0|language=fr|publisher=The [[Louvre]]|access-date=19 April 2019|archive-date=2 October 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002155441/https://www.louvre.fr/oeuvre-notices/l-adoration-des-mages-0|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Louis Antoine de Noailles]], [[archbishop of Paris]], extensively modified the roof of Notre-Dame in 1726, renovating its framing and removing the [[gargoyle]]s with lead gutters. Noailles also strengthened the buttresses, galleries, terraces, and vaults.{{sfn|Lassus|Viollet-le-Duc|1843|p=18}} In 1756, the cathedral's canons decided that its interior was too dark. The medieval stained glass windows, except the rosettes, were removed and replaced with plain, white glass panes.<ref name="Libération1" /> Lastly, Jacques-Germain Soufflot was tasked with the modification of the portals at the front of the cathedral to allow processions to enter more easily.

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File:Sacre Henry6 England-France 02.jpg|[[Henry VI of England]]'s coronation in Notre-Dame as [[List of French monarchs|King of France]], aged ten, during the [[Hundred Years' War]]. His accession to the throne was in accordance with the [[Treaty of Troyes]] of 1420.
File:La Descente du Saint-Esprit.jpg|''La Descente du Saint-Esprit''; illustration depicting Notre-Dame from the [[Hours of Étienne Chevalier]] by [[Jean Fouquet]], {{circa|1450}}
File:Choeur de ND de Paris 1669.jpg|A [[Te Deum]] in the choir of Notre-Dame in 1669, during the reign of [[Louis XIV]]. The choir was redesigned to make room for more lavish ceremonies.
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