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The Maid and the Queen

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by Nancy Goldstone

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  ILLUSTRATION CREDITS

  xix Portrait of Joan of Arc carrying her sword and banner. Miniature drawn in the margin of a register recording the raising of the siege of Orléans, May 8, 1429, by a clerk, Clement de Fauquembergue, fifteenth century. Paris, Archives nationales. Photo credit: Luisa Ricciarini/ Leemage.

  1 The queen distributes prizes to the victor at the tournament. Barthelemy d’Eyck, miniature from ms. 2695, “Le Livre des Tournois de René d’Anjou,” 1460. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  13 Raymondin spies on his wife, Melusine, in the bath. Engraving from folio 142, “Histoire de Melusine” by Jean of Arras, 1478. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  23 Portrait of Louis I of Anjou (1339– 1384), king of Naples and count of Provence, and Marie of Blois (1345– 1404), countess of Provence. Aix-en-Provence, Musée Arbaud. Photo credit: Jean Bernard/ Leemage.

  37 The madness of Charles VI (1368– 1422). From the Chroniques de Enguerrand de Mon strelet (1400– 1453). Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  49 Louis II of Anjou and Yolande of Aragon greet their future son-in-law, who became Charles VII. Miniature from the Chroniques de Jean Froissart, folio 321v, fifteenth century. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  57 The battle of Agincourt. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1484. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  68 The Hundred Years War: massacre of the Armagnacs by the Burgundians during the civil war. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1477– 1483. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  75 Portrait of Joan of Arc carrying her sword and banner. Drawn in the margin of a register recording the raising of the siege of Orléans, May 8, 1429, by a clerk, Clement de Fauquembergue. Miniature, fifteenth century. Paris, Archives nationales. Photo credit: Luisa Ricciarini/ Leemage.

  87 Portrait of Charles VII, king of France. Painting by Jean Fouquet, 1444. Paris, Musée du Louvre. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  119 Joan of Arc before King Charles VII. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1477– 1483. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  135 The French raise the siege of Orléans and enter the city on May 8, 1429. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1484. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: MP/ Leemage.

  146 Coronation of Charles VII by the archbishop of Reims. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1477– 1483. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  160 The Hundred Years War: Joan of Arc is taken prisoner at Compiègne. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1484. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  183 Joan of Arc is tied to the stake. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1484, folio 71. Paris, Bibliothèque nationale. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  185 The Hundred Years War: the battle of Formigny. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1484. Paris, B. N. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  193 Portrait of King René of Anjou, also known as René I of Naples and also René of Sicily in his cabinet. Fifteenth-century miniature engraving. Photo credit: Selva/ Leemage.

  206 Portrait of Philip III of Burgundy, known as Philip the Good. Illustration by Wavrin, Master of London, 1481– 1486. Shelfmark Harl 6199, folio 57v, British Library. Photo credit: Heritage Images/ Leemage.

  215 The Hundred Years War: Charles VII, king of France, enters Paris after the reconquest of the city from the English in November 1437. Miniature from the manuscript “Vigiles du roi Charles VII” by Martial d’Auvergne, 1484. Paris, B. N. Photo credit: Heritage Images/ Leemage.

  229 Yolande of Aragon. Stained glass window at the cathedral of Saint-Julien du Mans, fifteenth century. Photo credit: Selva/ Leemage.

  245 Portrait of Joan of Arc. Miniature from the “Poesies of Charles d’Orléans,” fifteenth century. Paris, Archives nationales. Photo credit: Josse/ Leemage.

  INDEX

  Page numbers in italics refer to illustrations. Page numbers beginning with 255 refer to notes.

  Agincourt, battle of, 56–57, 57, 58, 59, 62, 191, 232

  deaths at, 57, 58, 80, 138, 169

  duke of Orléans captured in, 7, 58, 105, 127, 223

  Shakespeare’s depiction of, 52

  Aix, 24, 89

  Alain, Jacques, 107

  Albret, duke of, 145, 153, 196

  Alençon, 65, 66

  Alençon, count of:

  death of, 58, 138

  in pledge to go to war with Burgundians, 45, 58

  Alençon, duchess of, 138, 140

  Alençon, duke of, 102, 116, 118–19, 138, 231

  attack on Paris desired by, 152

  in attempt to retrieve Maine, 222

  in battle against Paris, 152, 154

  in battle of Jargeau, 139, 140, 141

  in battle of Orléans, 138–39

  in battle of Patay, 142–43, 243–44

  in battle to take back Normandy, 233

  captivity of, 162

  at coronation of Charles VII, 145

  indecisiveness of, 140, 141

  in Joan’s rehabilitation, 243

  war council desired by, 140

  Alexander the Great, 3

  Amboise, castle at, 207

  Amiens, fair at, 32, 33

  Angers:

  bishopric of, 227–28

  castle in, 24, 48, 58, 59, 64, 66, 90–91

  Anjou, 25, 84–85, 89, 103, 190, 221, 222, 231

  René’s land in, 220

  revenue from, 24, 25, 26

  vassals summoned from, 90–91

  Yolande of Aragon and Louis II’s estate in, 25–26, 66, 105, 202, 248

  Anjou, treasurer of, 208

  Anne of Burgundy, duchess of Bedford, 171, 202

  Antoine, 194–95, 200, 205, 219

  Aragon, 3, 5, 16

  poetry festival in, 6–7

  archers, 142–43, 195

  Archives of La Meuse, 107

  Arles, 22–23

  Armagnac, count of, 45

  in battle against John the Fearless, 59, 66

  death of, 69, 70

  Henry VI’s proposed marriage to daughter of, 225

  Isabeau’s move on Paris opposed by, 63

  made constable of France, 59

  in power struggle with Isabeau, 63

  Armagnacs, 45–46, 62, 63, 67, 72, 80, 82, 132, 146, 150, 191, 214

  in battle with Henry V, 55, 58

  Henry V’s marriage negotiations with, 54

  massacred by Burgundians, 68, 69

  in proposed truce with Burgundians, 67, 71

  and rehabilitation of Joan’s image, 236

  sermon against, at Joan’s execution, 179

  in University of Paris, 165

  Yolande in charge of, 70

  Arras, Jean de (secretary to duke of Berry and author of The Romance of Melusine), 8, 13–14, 73, 161–62, 175

  Arras, Treaty of, 217, 219, 222

  Arthur of Richemont (the constable), 138

  Angevins’ desire for reconciliation with
, 190

  in attack on Paris, 213, 214, 236

  in attempt to free René, 219

  in attempt to retrieve Maine, 222

  in battle in Le Mans, 152

  in battle of Patay, 142

  in battle to take back Normandy, 233

  Burgundians deserted by, 91

  Charles VII’s preparations for battle against, 97

  Charles VII’s reconciliation with, 98

  at Congress of Arras, 208, 210

  dismissed as constable, 98, 139

  in invasion of Champagne, 226

  La Trémoïlle’s dispute with, 98, 139, 192, 202, 203–4

  La Trémoïlle’s plot to kill, 202

  made constable, 91, 97

  and negotiations with duke of Brittany, 191, 192

  and plot to kidnap La Trémoïlle, 203–4

  in talks with Philip the Good, 205

  Yolande of Aragon’s support for, 97, 101–2, 201

  in Yolande’s coup, 101–2

  Aulon, Jean d’ (Joan of Arc’s steward), 121, 133

  Aumale, count of, 91, 92

  Austria, duchess of, 33

  Austria, duke of, war on Philip launched by, 196

  Auxerre, 144

  Avignon, 19

  Bar, duchy of, 80–81, 101, 137–38, 219–20, 223, 231

  court of, 81

  as loyal to Charles VII, 79, 82–83, 88, 194

  strategic importance of, 5–6

  Barbazan, lord of, 195, 196

  in battle at Champagne, 190, 194, 196

  Barcelona, 5

  Basel council, 204, 208, 238, 271

  Bastille, 48, 68

  bastilles, 126–27, 132

  Baucignies, lord of, 207

  Baudricourt, Robert de, 110, 144–45

 

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