• @Fillicia@sh.itjust.works
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    54 months ago

    I’m trying to find if the fleurdelisé was used prior to being the official Quebec’s flag (1948) but I can’t seem to find much.

    All I could find about this painting is that it was made by Marek Szysko so maybe it was modernized a little(?)

    • @RunawayFixer
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      44 months ago

      https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fleur_de_lys

      It first appeared in the 8th century in the Frankish empire and it was adopted as a specific symbol of french royalty in the 12th century. In France it only went out of use somewhat after the french revolution in 1789, so more than a century after Quebec was conquered by England, which means that Quebec was colonized by the french when the fleur de lys was still in wide use.

    • @PugJesusOPM
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      34 months ago

      May be a mistake, but I assumed it was a regimental flag or the like.