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In 1428 a young girl from a small French village approached the royal castle of Vaucouleurs with a now famous tales. Heavenly voices, she said, had told her to seek out the Dauphin, Charles, so that he might give her an army with which to deliver France from its English occupiers. The ensuing tale of Joans military success is told here in a gripping and authoritative narrative. Previous works have concentrated on the religious and feminist aspects of Joans career; this is the first to address the vital issue of what it was that made her the heroine she became. Why did the soldiers of France follow a woman into battle when no trooper of the Hundred Years War had done so before, and how was she able to win? This book is essential reading for anyone interested in the Middle Ages and teh phenomenon of the girl warrior.
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To General Sumner () and Charity Cannon Willard, for their scholarly example and generosity to one who was once a young (okay a younger) academic. Their warmth and friendship has sustained me at many conferences and during many presentations over the years. If I saw their faces in the audience, I had confidence in my participation. They exhibit all of the standards and qualities of one of their favorite subjects, Joan of Arc.
First published in 1999
This edition published in 2011
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| 1337 | Hundred Years War begins. |
| 1340 | English naval success at Sluys, but failure at the siege of Tournai. |
| 1346 | The English invade France and capture Caen. |
| 26 August. Battle of Crcy. | |
| 1347 | Calais falls to the English after a year-long siege. |
| 13489 | Black Death sweeps Europe. |
| 1356 | The Black Prince defeats the French Army at Poitiers. |
| John II of France captured by English and imprisoned in the Tower of London. | |
| 1360 | Treaty of Brtigny. |
| 1369 | Charles V regains Aquitaine from the English. |
| 1376 | Edward, the Black Prince, dies. |
| 1377 | Edward III dies and is succeeded by his grandson Richard II. |
| 1396 | Twenty-eight year truce between France and England embodied in the Treaty of Paris. |
| Defeat of Anglo-Franco-Burgundian crusade at Nicopolis. | |
| 1399 | Richard II overthrown by Henry IV. |
| 1407 | Louis of Orlans is assassinated in Paris. France is divided between the Burgundians under John the Fearless and the Armagnacs under Louiss son, Charles of Orlans, and Bernard of Armagnac. |
| 1413 | Henry V ascends the English throne. |
| 1415 | 14 August. Henry Vs invasion force lands at the mouth of the Seine. |
| 22 August. Harfleur falls to the English. | |
| 25 August. French defeated by the English at the battle of Agincourt. | |
| 1418 | 29 May. Paris falls to John the Fearless of Burgundy. |
| 1419 | Rouen falls to the English and their conquest of Normandy is complete. |
| John the Fearless is murdered. | |
| 1420 | Treaty of Troyes between Henry V of England, Philip the Good of Burgundy and Charles VI of France, makes Henry heir to the French throne. |
| 1422 | Son born to Henry V and Catherine; he is soon to become Henry VI, king of France and England. |
| 31 August. Henry V dies at Vincennes. | |
| 1428 | May. Joan of Arc meets Robert de Baudricourt, captain of Vaucouleurs, to tell him of her mission for the first time. |
| 12 October. Thomas Montagu, earl of Salisbury, begins the siege of Orlans. | |
| Christmas. By now Jean, the Bastard of Orlans, has arrived at the city with a sizeable French force. | |
| 1429 | January. Joan probably has a second meeting with Baudricourt. |
| 12 February. Battle of the Herrings: the English defeat the French outside Orlans. | |
| 12 February. Joan meets Baudricourt for the last time before leaving for Orlans. | |
| 11 March. Joan arrives at Poitiers for questioning about her mission by ecclesiastics chosen by the dauphin. The interrogation lasts eleven days. | |
| c.22 March. Joan dictates her Letter to the English outlining her mission. | |
| After 21 April. Joan joins the royal army at Blois. | |
| 4 May. French soldiers, with Joan, attack and capture the boulevard of Saint Loup at Orlans. | |
| 7 May. French capture the Tourelles at Orlans; Joan is wounded but the siege is effectively lifted. | |
| 8 May. English leave Orlans. | |
| 12 June. With the reinforcements the dauphin has given her, Joan attacks and recaptures Jargeau from the English. | |
| 15 June. French army captures the bridge over the Loire at Meung. | |
| 17 June. Sir John Fastolfs army arrives at Beaugency while Joan and the French are attacking the town. The English do not fight and Beaugency falls to the French. | |
| 18 June. Battle of Patay: another victory for the French. | |
| 24 June. French army marches to Gien to join the dauphin. | |
| 29 June. French army begins the march to Reims. | |
| 2 July. Burgundian-held Auxerre falls to the French without a fight. | |
| 5 July. French troops camp outside Burgundian Troyes but the city refuses to capitulate. | |
| 8 July. Joan persuades a council of war to begin a siege. | |
| 9 July. Troyes surrenders to the French. | |
| 12 July. French army leaves for Reims. | |
| 17 July. Dauphin crowned Charles VII of France at Reims; Joan is at his side during the ceremony. | |
| Early August. Joan starts to move against Burgundianheld Paris. | |
| 28 August. Charles VII signs a truce with Philip the Good of Burgundy without Joans knowledge. | |
| 7 September. Charles VII arrives at Joans camp at Saint-Denis, outside Paris. | |
| 8 September. Joan attacks Paris and is wounded. | |
| 9 September. Charles suspends the assault on Paris in the face of protests from Joan and others. | |
| 12 September. French army retreats to the Loire. | |
| 21 September. Charles dissolves Joans army and discharges Alenon. | |
| October. Joan is sent to the upper Loire to target the mercenary captain Perrinet Gressart. | |
| By 1 November. Joan begins the siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moutier. | |
| 4 November. Saint-Pierre-le-Moutier taken. | |
| November. Siege of La Charit-sur-Loire begins but is abandoned between and |
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