by Helen Castor
Patay victory, 1 , 2 ;
welcomed by king, 1 ;
letter to inhabitants of Troyes, 1 ;
surrender of Troyes, 1 ;
letters to duke of Burgundy, 1 ;
at coronation of Charles, 1 , 2 ;
family at coronation, 1 ;
letter to Reims, 1 ;
mission to drive out the English, 1 ;
Bedford’s account of, 1 ;
Montepilloy battle, 1 ;
papal schism question, 1 ;
arrival at Saint-Denis, 1 ;
assault on Paris, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
wounded, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
response to king’s order to retreat, 1 ;
mission doubted, 1 ;
offering at Saint-Denis, 1 ;
following king from Paris, 1 ;
capture of Saint-Pierre, 1 ;
siege of La Charité, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
arrival at Jargeau, 1 ;
honoured by king, 1 ;
family honoured by king, 1 ;
at Sully, 1 , 2 ;
Reims appeal, 1 ;
letter to Hussites, 1 ;
skirmishes with English, 1 ;
Compiègne defence plans, 1 ;
captured by Burgundians, 1 , 2 ;
meeting with Philip of Burgundy, 1 ;
imprisonment, 1 , 2 ;
ecclesiastical justice demands, 1 , 2 ;
escape attempts, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ;
bought by English from Burgundians, 1 ;
moved to Rouen, 1 ;
treatment in prison, 1 ;
interrogation arrangements, 1 ;
inquisition arrangements, 1 ;
first day of interrogation, 1 ;
second day of interrogation, 1 ;
third day of interrogation, 1 ;
fourth day of interrogation, 1 ;
fifth day of interrogation, 1 ;
sixth day of interrogation, 1 ;
interrogations in prison, 1 , 2 ;
accounts of voices, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ;
account of sign of angel with crown, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
articles of accusation against her, 1 ;
illness, 1 ;
refusal of Cauchon’s offer, 1 ;
admonition by court, 1 ;
threatened with torture, 1 ;
final session, 1 ;
at the scaffold, 1 ;
appeal to Rome, 1 ;
sentenced to be burned, 1 ;
submission and confession, 1 ;
sentence of imprisonment, 1 ;
changes of clothes, 1 , 2 ;
recantation, 1 ;
final attempts at persuasion, 1 ;
death sentence to be carried out, 1 ;
death, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ;
body, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
record of her trial, 1 , 2 ;
memories of, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ;
impersonator, 1 ;
inquiries into her trial, 1 ;
new trial, 1 ;
petition of her family, 1 ;
inquiry into her trial, 1 ;
verdict of innocence, 1 ;
recognised as saint, 1 , 2 ;
feast day, 1
Juvénal des Ursins, Jean, archbishop of Reims, 1 , 2
La Charité-sur-Loire, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
La Hire (Étienne de Vignolles): Montargis victory, 1 , 2 ;
Orléans defence, 1 ;
Battle of the Herrings, 1 ;
forces for Joan, 1 ;
Joan’s arrival at Orléans, 1 ;
capture of Augustins, 1 ;
end of Orléans siege, 1 ;
Jargeau siege, 1 ;
pursuit of English, 1 ;
Montepilloy battle, 1 ;
arrival at Saint-Denis, 1 ;
capture of Château Gaillard, 1 ;
capture of Louviers, 1 ;
entry into Paris, 1 ;
memories of Joan, 1
La Rochelle, dauphin at, 1 , 2
La Trémoille, Georges de: relationship with Richemont, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ;
marriage, 1 ;
relationship with king, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ;
Burgundian diplomacy, 1 ;
at coronation of Charles, 1 ;
Montepilloy battle, 1 ;
direction of Joan, 1 ;
as witness to Joan’s sign, 1 ;
arrest and exile, 1 , 2
La Trémoille, Jean de, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Lagny-sur-Marne: Joan at, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ;
beheading, 1 , 2 ;
siege lifted, 1
Lannoy, Hugues de, 1
l’Archier, Richard, 1
Laval, Guy de, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Lavenu, Martin, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Laxart, Durand, 1
Le Camus de Beaulieu, 1
le Maçon, Robert, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
le Maistre, Jean, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
le Royer, Henri, 1
l’Isle-Adam, lord de, 1
Loiseleur, Nicolas, 1 , 2
Lorraine, duke of, 1 , 2 ,
see also René of Anjou
Louis, dauphin (later Louis XI), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Louis IX, king, 1
Louis de Coutes, page, 1
Louis de Luxembourg, bishop and chancellor, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Louis of Guienne, dauphin, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Louvet, Jean, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Louviers, fall to English, 1
Luxembourg, see Jacquetta de Luxembourg, Jean de Luxembourg, Louis de Luxembourg
Maine, French possession, 1
Manchon, Guillaume, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7
Margaret of Anjou, 1
Margaret of Bavaria, duchess of Burgundy, 1 , 2
Margaret of Burgundy, countess of Richemont, 1 , 2 , 3
Margaret, saint, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8
Marguerite La Touroulde, 1
Marie of Anjou, queen of France, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Marie of Brittany, duchess of Anjou, 1
Marie Robine, 1 , 2 , 3
Marle, count of, 1 , 2
Martin V, pope, 1 , 2 , 3
Massieu, Jean, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Maurice, Pierre, 1 , 2
Meaux: siege (1421–2), 1 ;
shrine, 1
Melun, siege and surrender (1420), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Merlin, 1
Metz, Jean de, 1
Meung: English presence, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ;
English retreat, 1 , 2
Michael, saint, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 12 , 13 , 14
Milan, duchy of, 1
Monstrelet, Enguerrand de, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Mont-Saint-Michel: abbey, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
Armagnac position, 1 , 2 , 3
Montargis, siege (1427), 1 , 2
Montepilloy, battle (1429), 1 , 2
Montereau: assassination of duke of Burgundy (1419), 1 , 2 , 3 ;
fall (1420), 1 ;
Bedford in, 1
Nevers, conference (1435), 1
Nevers, Philip, count of, 1 , 2 , 3
Nicholas V, pope, 1
Norfolk, duke of, 1
Normandy, French conquest, 1 , 2
oriflamme , 1 , 2
Orléans: siege plan, 1 ;
siege strategy, 1 ;
resistance to siege, 1 ;
Rouvray battle, 1 , 2 ;
Joan’s plan, 1 , 2 ;
Burgundian strategy, 1 ;
Joan’s journey, 1 ;
Joan’s arrival, 1 ;
capture of Saint-Loup, 1 ;
capture of Augustins, 1 ;
capture of Tourelles, 1 ;
Joan’s re-entry, 1 ;
siege lifted, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
celebrations, 1 ;
memories of Joan, 1 ;
support for Joan’s mother, 1
Orléans, Jean, Bastard of (later count of Dunois): support for dauphin, 1 ;
Montargis victory, 1 , 2 ;
Orléans defence, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
Battle of the Herrings, 1 ;
troops
from Blois, 1 ;
Saint-Loup capture, 1 ;
Augustins capture, 1 ;
Tourelles capture, 1 ;
report to king, 1 ;
Jargeau siege, 1 , 2 ;
meeting with Richemont, 1 ;
pursuit of English, 1 ;
at coronation of Charles, 1 ;
Montepilloy battle, 1 ;
at Paris, 1 ;
royal entry into Paris, 1 ;
Normandy conquest, 1 ;
royal entry into Rouen, 1 ;
memories of Joan, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
arrest of Alençon, 1
Orléans, Charles, duke of: father’s murder, 1 ;
supporters, 1 ;
Azincourt battle, 1 ;
prisoner of the English, 1 , 2 ;
imprisonment in England, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ;
gift to Joan, 1
Orléans, Louis, duke of, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
papal schism, 1 , 2 , 3
Paris: Burgundian advance, 1 ;
Burgundian occupation (1418), 1 , 2 ;
arrival of Henry V, Philip of Burgundy and Charles VI, 1 ;
entertainments, 1 ;
Bedford’s return, 1 ;
university, 1 , 2 ;
Duke Philip’s visit, 1 ;
handover issue, 1 ;
defences, 1 , 2 ;
assault on, 1 ;
Armagnac raids, 1 ;
theologians demand surrender of Joan, 1 , 2 ;
Pieronne burned for heresy, 1 ;
arrival of Henry VI, 1 ;
sufferings from Armagnacs, 1 , 2 ;
winter weather (1434-5), 1 ;
Armagnac entry, 1 , 2 ;
entry of King Charles, 1 , 2 ;
petition of Joan’s mother, 1
Paris, bishops of, 1 , 2 , 3
Parthenay, citadel, 1 , 2
Pasquerel, Jean, 1 , 2 , 3
Patay, battle, 1 , 2 , 3
Petit, Jean, 1 , 2
Pieronne, follower of Brother Richard, 1
Pius X, pope, 1
Poitiers: battle (1356), 1 , 2 ;
Joan questioned, 1 , 2
Poulengy, Bertrand de, 1
Provins, Charles VI at, 1
Quicherat, Jules, 1
Raymond, page, 1
Regnault de Chartres, archbishop of Reims: examination of Joan, 1 ;
Troyes strategy, 1 ;
Reims entry, 1 ;
coronation of Charles, 1 ;
embassy to Philip of Burgundy, 1 , 2 ;
direction of Joan, 1 ;
view of Joan’s capture, 1 ;
as witness to Joan’s sign, 1 , 2 ;
response to Joan’s fate, 1 ;
Nevers conference, 1 ;
Arras conference, 1
Reims: Burgundian occupation (1417), 1 ;
cathedral, 1 , 2 ;
coronation planned, 1 ;
letters from Troyes, 1 ;
entry of Charles, 1 ;
coronation of Charles, 1 , 2
René of Anjou, duke of Bar and Lorraine, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Richard, Brother: preachings in Paris, 1 , 2 ;
at Troyes, 1 , 2 ;
won over by Joan, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
brings letter from Joan, 1 ;
seeks Joan’s opinion, 1 ;
follower burned, 1 ;
Joan’s interrogation, 1
Richemont, Arthur, count of: Azincourt battle, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
prisoner of English, 1 , 2 ;
release, 1 ;
marriage, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 ;
constable of France, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
campaign (1426), 1 ;
relationship with king, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ;
military failures, 1 ;
troops, 1 , 2 ;
meeting with Joan, 1 ;
Joan’s petition to king, 1 ;
refused permission to attend coronation, 1 ;
restored to royal favour, 1 ;
Arras conference, 1 ;
at Paris, 1 ;
royal entry into Paris, 1 ;
action against rebels, 1
Roucy, count of, 1 , 2
Rouen: Charles VI at (1415), 1 , 2 ;
Burgundian advance (1418), 1 ;
English advance (1418), 1 ;
fall to English (1419), 1 ;
Bedford’s government, 1 , 2 ;
Armagnac threat, 1 ;
arrival of Henry VI, 1 ;
arrival of Joan, 1 ;
trial of Joan, 1 ;
archbishopric, 1 ;
Armagnac attack, 1 ;
surrender, 1 , 2 ;
entry of King Charles, 1 , 2
Roussel, Raoul, archbishop of Rouen, 1 , 2
Rouvray, battle (Battle of the Herrings), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6
Saint-Denis: abbey, 1 , 2 ;
arrival of Joan, 1 ;
arrival of Charles, 1 ;
Joan’s offering of armour, 1 ;
fined by Bedford, 1 ;
Anglo-Burgundian-Armagnac negotiations, 1 ;
raided by Armagnac troops, 1
Saint-Denis, chronicler of, 1 , 2 , 3
Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier, siege and fall, 1
Saint-Pol, count of, 1
Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Sainte-Suzanne, fortress, 1
Salisbury, Thomas Montagu, earl of, 1 , 2 , 3
Scales, Thomas, Lord: siege of Orléans, 1 , 2 ;
letter from Joan, 1 , 2 ;
Joan’s strategy, 1 ;
at Meung, 1 ;
retreat, 1 ;
Patay defeat, 1 ;
taken prisoner, 1 , 2 ;
ransomed, 1
Scotland: support for France, 1 ;
forces for dauphin, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Seguin, Seguin, 1
Sens, fall (1420), 1
Sicily, kingdom of, 1 , 2
Sluys, naval battle (1340), 1
Sorel, Agnès, 1
Stafford, earl of, 1 , 2
Suffolk, William de la Pole, earl of: campaigns (1426), 1 ;
siege of Orléans, 1 , 2 ;
letter from Joan, 1 , 2 ;
Jargeau siege, 1 ;
taken prisoner, 1 , 2 ;
ransomed, 1 , 2 ;
Arras conference, 1 ;
truce negotiations, 1 ;
arrangement of King Henry’s marriage, 1
Talbot, John, Lord (later earl of Shrewsbury): siege of Orléans, 1 , 2 ;
letters from Joan, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
Joan’s strategy, 1 ;
at Meung, 1 ;
retreat, 1 ;
Patay defeat, 1 ;
taken prisoner, 1 , 2 ;
ransomed, 1 ;
influence, 1 ;
death, 1
Tanguy du Châtel, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Thomas Aquinas, 1
Touraine, duchy of, 1 , 2
Tours: Burgundian arrival (1417), 1 ;
wedding of painter’s daughter, 1
Toutmouillé, Jean, 1
Troyes: Burgundian occupation (1417), 1 ;
treaty (1420), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 ;
gates closed against Charles, 1 ;
Joan’s letter to, 1 ;
surrender, 1
Vaucouleurs: Joan’s visits, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 ;
Joan’s journey from, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Vaudémont, count of, 1 , 2
Vendôme, count of, 1 , 2
Verneuil, battle (1424), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Vernon, English base, 1 , 2
Vertus, Philippe, count of, 1 , 2
Vincennes, death of Henry V, 1
Warwick, Richard Beauchamp, earl of, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Waurin, Jean, 1
Wigtown, Archibald Douglas, earl of, 1 , 2 , 3
William the Shepherd, 1 , 2 , 3 , 4
Winchester, bishop of, see Beaufort, Henry
Xaintrailles, Poton de: Orléans defence, 1 , 2 , 3 ;
offer to Burgundians, 1 ;
at Jargeau, 1 ;
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br /> pursuit of English, 1 ;
arrival at Saint-Denis, 1 ;
jousting at Arras, 1 ;
Compiègne defence, 1 , 2 ;
captured by English, 1 ;
entry into Paris, 1 ;
action against rebels, 1 ;
royal entry into Rouen, 1
Yolande of Aragon, duchess of Anjou: marriage, 1 ;
encounter with female visionary, 1 , 2 ;
influence on dauphin (later Charles VII), 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ;
daughter’s marriage, 1 ;
political activities, 1 ;
Angevin claim to kingdom of Sicily, 1 ;
sons, 1 ;
birth of grandson Louis, 1 ;
relationship with Philip of Burgundy, 1 ;
Brittany negotiations, 1 ;
court plotting, 1 ;
news of Joan, 1 , 2 ;
examination of Joan, 1 ;
diplomacy, 1 ;
birth of grandson Philip, 1 ;
death, 1
York, archbishop of, 1
York, duke of, 1 , 2
The kingdom of France in early 1429, showing the division of territory between English, Burgundian and Armagnac rule.
Charles VI of France, the Mad and Well-Beloved. Charles retained the love of his people and his title as the ‘most Christian king’, despite the intermittent psychosis that left him unable to rule and his kingdom in the grip of civil war. This exquisite figure is from an enamelled gold altar-piece which the queen, Isabeau of Bavaria, gave to her husband as a New Year’s gift in 1405. The image of the king kneeling before the Virgin and Child not only demonstrates his blond good looks (and his concern to disguise his receding hairline), but seems, in his wide-eyed gaze, to hint at his mental fragility.
Henry V of England, the challenger to Charles’s possession of the French throne, and ‘God’s own soldier’, as he was called by one of his chaplains. This profile portrait gives a sense of his stern and implacable will, but shows no sign of the scar left by the wound he suffered in battle when he was just sixteen: an arrow struck him in the face, penetrating deep into the bone to one side of his nose, and it took weeks to remove the arrowhead with a specially constructed surgical device. His recovery from this injury is likely to have fuelled the king’s belief in his divinely sanctioned destiny. He sports the cropped, round haircut popular among fashionable young men in the early decades of the fifteenth century.
The powerful dukes of Burgundy, John the Fearless and his son Philip the Good, in their trademark black velvet hats. The distinctive piled-up profile of John the Fearless’s chaperon hat appears in almost all contemporary depictions of him.
The magnificence of the increasingly independent Burgundian court is evident not only in Philip’s collar of his chivalric Order of the Golden Fleece (a golden sheepskin hanging from a chain of linked firesteels and flints, Philip’s personal emblem), but in the quality of the portrait, from the workshop of the Flemish artist Rogier van der Weyden.