 Masquerade balls were a feature of the Carnival season in the 15th century, and involved increasingly elaborate allegorical Royal Entries, pageants, and triumphal processions celebrating marriages and other dynastic events of late medieval court life.The "Bal des Ardents" (""Burning Men's Ball"") was held by Charles VI of France, and intended as a "Bal des sauvages" (""Wild Men's Ball""), a form of costumed ball ("morisco").It took place in celebration of the marriage of a lady-in-waiting of Charles VI of France's queen in Paris on January 28, 1393.