85 “He didn’t willingly arm himself”: Ibid., 35.
86 “All the people in the streets”: A Parisian Journal, 181– 182.
86 “Thus his body was borne along”: Ibid.
86 “‘God grant life to Henry’”: [“‘Dieu donne vie à Henri, par la grâce de Dieu, roi de France et d’Angleterre, notre souverain Seigneur.’ Alors, les hérauts redressèrent leurs masses et crièrent d’une seule voix: ‘Vive le roi! Vive le roi!’”] Senneville, Yolande d’Aragon, 161.
86 “and there were many heralds”: Waurin, A Collection of the Chronicles and Ancient Histories of Great Britain, Now Called England, 3.
86 “Then there was raised a banner”: Ibid.
87 “French historians have speculated”: Smith, Joan of Arc, 21.
88 “the king of Bourges”: Vale, Charles VII, 3.
88 “In the town of Maxey”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 20.
88 “to a fortified place”: Ibid.
88 “Jeannette would go often”: Ibid., 16– 17.
89 “She was brought up in the Christian religion”: Ibid., 17.
89 “the captain-general of the armies of heaven”: Smith, Joan of Arc, 32.
89 she would have learned about the lives of these saints: Wood, Joan of Arc and Richard III, 133– 134. Wrote Professor Wood, “It seems far from coincidental that the feast days of these three saints are celebrated in autumn or that they follow each other in suggestive sequence: Michael on September 29, Margaret on October 8, and Catherine on November 25. For in that sequence, and in the saintly attributes that would have been stressed in sermons and homilies, there emerge a host of problems with which Joan would have strongly identified as well as tales of success in surmounting them that suggested personal qualities which would prove central to her maturing sense of being.”
91 “In this same year”: Waurin, A Collection of the Chronicles and Ancient Histories of Great Britain, Now Called England, 15.
91 “The said English”: Ibid., 16.
91 “There can be little doubt”: Vale, Charles VII, 35.
92 “France, ruined by a woman”: [“Prophetisatum fuit quod Francia per mulierem deperderetur et per unam virginem de Marchiis Lotharingiae restauraretur.”] Quicherat, Procès, III, 83. See also Vale, Charles VII, 50, footnote 4.
92 “a Maid [a virgin] would come”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 30.
CHAPTER 7: The Angels Speak to Joan
94 “The first time that I heard the voice”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 23– 24.
95 “When I was thirteen years old”: Ibid., 30.
95 “What made you cause… no promise whatever”: Ibid., 23.
95 “I obeyed them [her parents] in all things”: Ibid.
95 “The first time I had great doubt”: Ibid., 31.
96 “How was it that you recognized… that it was him”: Ibid.
96 “When I was still in the house”: Ibid., 23.
97 “I believed it quite quickly”: Ibid., 31.
97 “What doctrines… in the Kingdom of France”: Ibid.
97 “We should not let any”: [“que en icelle on ne laisse entrer aucunes gens d’armes plus fors que les gens de la ville, soit le Roy nostre sire, le président en sa compaignie, qui de lui a le principal gouvernement, ou autres de ses gouverneurs qui perturbent et empeschent la dicte paix, et lesquelx monseigneur de Richemont, connestable de France, et la dicte Royne entendent à mettre briefvement hors de la compaignie et gouvernement du Roy”] Beaucourt, Histoire de Charles VII, tome II, 95.
98 “a fat man of about forty”: [“un gros homme d’une quarantaine d’années”] Lavisse, Histoire de France Depuis les Origines, tome quatrième, 25.
98 “Dear cousin”: Vale, Charles VII, 39– 40.
99 the duke of Bedford very publicly summoned a war council: For more on the war council see Ramsay, Lancaster and York, 378; also Stevenson, Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Wars of the English in France, vol. 2, part 2, 533.
99 “The voice told me”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 30.
99 “As for my father and my mother”: Ibid., 32.
99 “I went to my uncle’s”: Ibid., 32– 33.
100 “I went myself to fetch Joan”: Ibid., 33.
100 “Joan the Maid came to Vaucouleurs”: Ibid., 33– 34.
100 “This Robert several times told me”: Ibid., 33.
101 the war intervened: For more on the campaign in Champagne see Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 17, and Stevenson, Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Wars of the English in France, vol. 2, part 2, 531, 535.
102 “the queen of Sicily and those whom she was pleased to designate”: [“[I]ls demandaient que la reine de Sicile et ceux qui’il lui plairait de désigner, fussent chargés de veiller à l’exécution des délibérations prises.”] Beaucourt, Histoire de Charles VII, tome II, 166.
103 “How this Herry in the eight degree”: McKenna, “Henry VI of England and the Dual Monarchy,” 153.
104 “never again had joy in her heart”: Famiglietti, Royal Intrigue, 44.
104 “at the beginning of the month of June”: [“Au commencement du mois de juin, le duc de Bourgogne, ayant appris la guérison du roi.”] Chronique du Religieux de Saint-Denys, vol. 2, 35.
104 “you are the son of a king”: [“Tu es fils de roi.”] Senneville, Yolande d’Aragon, 207. Senneville remarks upon the similiarity between Yolande’s words and those used by Joan of Arc at her initial meeting with Charles.
104 “saying nothing, but begging God”: Vale, Charles VII, 52.
105 “I must be at the King’s side”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 35.
106 “the prosperity of the king’s arms”: Wood, Joan of Arc and Richard III, 138.
106 “The voice told me”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 30.
106 “At the time when Joan sought to leave the town”: Ibid., 36.
107 “not thus that they should depart”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 18.
107 “The register of the Archives of La Meuse”: France, The Life of Joan of Arc, vol. 1, 93, footnote 1.
108 “I saw Robert de Baudricourt”: Smith, Joan of Arc, 50.
108 “When Joan the Maid came”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 35.
108 “I asked her if she wanted to go in her own clothes”: Ibid.
109 “The Duke of Lorraine required”: Ibid., 38.
109 René sat in on this audience: His biographer Margaret Kekewich wrote that René “probably saw her [Joan] when she presented herself… at Nancy early in 1429 and asked the duke to send him with men-at-arms to escort her into France.” Kekewich, The Good King, 24. A. Lecoy de la Marche, René’s definitive biographer, citing primary documentation, also placed René in Nancy during this time period, and agreed that he was most likely present at this audience. See La Marche, Le Roi René, tome premier, 69.
109 “had told him [the duke] that he was behaving badly”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 38.
110 “Precisely because her assumptions accorded so well”: Wood, Joan of Arc and Richard III, 139.
110 “Robert twice refused and repulsed me”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 34.
111 “Robert de Baudricourt caused those”: Ibid., 39.
CHAPTER 8: Joan Meets the Dauphin
112 “When I arrived at the town”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 15.
112 “because of the Burgundian and English soldiers”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 39.
113 “Afterwards I heard those who took her”: Ibid.
113 “every night she lay down”: Ibid., 39– 40.
113 “She never swore”: Ibid., 40.
113 “The Maid always told us to have no fear”: Ibid.
113 “I sent letters to my King”: Ibid., 48.
114 “I know that, when
Joan arrived in Chinon”: Ibid., 48– 49.
114 “There is no evidence of opposition”: Vale, Charles VII, 50.
114 “Orliac [a noted French historian] assigns a major role”: Kekewich, The Good King, 25.
115 “When she [Joan] entered the castle”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 49.
115 “There were more than three hundred knights”: Ibid., 47.
115 “When the King knew that she was coming”: Ibid., 49.
115 “It was essential”: Vale, Charles VII, 51.
116 “When I entered my King’s room”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 46.
116 “I was myself present at the castle”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 22.
116 “when a messenger came to tell me”: Ibid., 26.
116 “When [the king] saw her, he asked Joan her name”: Ibid., 23.
117 “In God’s name”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 55– 56.
117 “the secret prayer”: Wood, Joan of Arc and Richard III, 148.
118 “I say to you, on behalf of the Lord”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 23.
118 “the king seemed radiant”: Ibid.
118 “To introduce a prophetess to the impressionable Charles”: Vale, Charles VII, 50.
118 “Joan came to the king’s mass”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 27.
119 “Joan ran about charging with a lance”: Ibid.
120 “I asked her what language”: Ibid., 29.
120 “Finally, it was concluded”: Ibid., 30.
120 “In her, Joan, we find”: Ibid.
121 “I heard it said that Joan”: Ibid., 30– 31.
121 “The Master’s report having been made”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 58– 59.
122 “on which was painted”: Ibid., 60.
122 “An arms merchant of Tours”: Ibid., 61– 62.
122 “Laden in the town of Blois”: Ibid., 81.
123 Joan was by no means the only visionary: For the number of people claiming visions in 1428 see Senneville, Yolande d’Aragon, 204.
123 “dressed in cloth-of-gold”: Smith, Joan of Arc, 36.
123 “I answered this Catherine”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 142.
123 “When Joan left Blois”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 38– 39.
CHAPTER 9: The Maid of Orléans
125 “Jhesus-Maria, King of England”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 70.
126 “Really the bastilles were not to blame”: Lang, The Maid of France, 68.
127 “God knoweth by what advis”: Ibid., 65.
128 “was rendered possible”: Burne, The Agincourt War, 238.
128 “‘Are you the Bastard of Orléans… the King of Heaven’”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 39– 40.
129 “Forthwith I had the sails hoisted”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 82.
129 “I then implored her”: Ibid., 82.
129 “Came to receive her”: Ibid., 83– 84.
130 “Joan went to see the Bastard”: Ibid., 84.
130 “go away in God’s name”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 42.
130 “Glasdale and those of his company”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 84.
131 “It seems to me”: Ibid., 82.
131 “Joan’s contribution”: Burne, The Agincourt War, 244.
131 “The fact that Fort St. Loup”: Ibid., 240.
131 “Ah, bleeding boy”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 86.
132 “The English were preparing their defense”: Ibid.
132 “She wept much upon them”: Ibid., 86– 87.
132 “You, Englishmen, who have no right”: Ibid., 87.
132 “Read, it is news!”: Ibid.
132 “Joan began to sigh”: Ibid.
133 “When they perceived”: Ibid., 89.
134 “was afraid and wept”: Ibid., 90.
134 “The assault lasted from the morning”: Ibid.
134 “And Joan, moved by pity”: Ibid., 92.
134 “expressing joy in every way”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 48.
136 “if the English assaulted them”: Ibid., 49.
136 “From the King… the doing of all these things”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 97.
137 “Noble Dauphin, hold not such”: Ibid., 110.
137 “I remember that”: Ibid., 109.
138 “All rallied to her opinion”: Ibid.
138 “Lady, fear not”: Ibid., 114.
138 “And arrived the Monday at Selles”: Ibid., 111.
139 “If it be so”: Ibid., 100.
139 “about twelve hundred lances”: Ibid., 113.
140 “Be not afraid of any armed host”: France, The Life of Joan of Arc, vol. 1, 349.
140 “Ah, gentle Duke, wast thou afeared?”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 114.
140 “That machine… will kill thee”: Ibid., 114.
140 “Are you a gentleman?”: France, The Life of Joan of Arc, vol. 1, 354.
141 “And while the English [at Beaugency] were retreating”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 115– 116.
141 “Then the lord Duke of Alençon”: Ibid., 117.
143 “And before he had gone”: Ibid., 119.
143 “By the renown of Joan the Maid”: Ibid., 112.
143 “The French did not give the English archers time”: Jacob, The Fifteenth Century, 247.
144 “All that [pursuing the English to Paris] means nothing to me”: Smith, Joan of Arc, 74.
144 “told the King to advance boldly”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 124.
144 “Loyal Frenchmen, come out”: Ibid., 121.
144 “they would pay to the King”: Ibid.
144 “So many came”: [“Eu autant de gens que c’est chose infinite a escrire et auxi la grande joye que chacun en avoit.”] Les Deux Procès de Condamnation, les Enquêtes et la Sentence de Réhabilitation de Jeanne d’Arc, 323.
145 “Our Queens and most dread Ladies… God knows you were missed”: [The full letter reads: “Nos souveraines et très redoutées dames, plaise vous scavoir que yer le Roy arriva en cest ville de Rains ouquel il a trouvé toute et plein obéissance. Aujourd’huy il a esté sacré et couronné et a esté moult belle chose à voir le beau mystère, car il a esté auxi solempnel et accoustré de toutes les be songnes y appartenans auxi bien et si convenablement pour faire la chose tant en abis royaux et autres choses à ce nécessaires comme s’il eust mandé un an auparavant, et y a eu autant de gens que c’est chose infinie a escrire et auxi la grande joye que chacun en avoit….
“Messeigneurs le duc d’Alençon, le comte de Clermont, le conte de Vendosme, les seigneurs de Laval et la Trimoille y ont esté en abis royaux; et monseigneur d’Alençon a fait le Roy chevalier et les dessusditz représentoient les pairs de France; monseigneur d’Albret a tenu l’espée durant ledit mystère devant le Roy et pour les pairs d’Église y estoient avec leurs croces et mitres, messeigneurs de Rains, de Chalons qui sont pairs; et en lieu des autres, les evesques de Seez et d’Orléans et deux autres prélas, et mondit seigneur de Rains y a fait ledit mystère et sacre qui luy appartient.
“Pour aller querir la sainte ampolle en l’abaye de Saint-Remy et pour la apporter en l’église de Nostre-Dame où a esté fait le sacre, fut ordonnez le mareschal de Bossac, les seigneurs de Rays, Graville et l’admiral avec leurs quatre bannières que chacun portoit en sa main, armez de toutes pièces et à cheval, bien accompagnez pour conduire l’abbé dudit lieu qui apportoit ladite ampolle; et entrènt à cheval en ladite grande église et descendirent à l’entrée du chœur et en ceste stat l’ont rendue après le service en ladite abbaye; le service a duré depuis neuf heures jusqu’à deux heures. Et à l’heure que le Roy fut sacré et auxi quand l�
�on lui assist la couronne sur la teste, tout homme cria Noël! et trompettes sonnèrent en telle manière qu’il sembloit que les voultes de l’église se deussent fendre.
“Et durant ledit mystère, la Pucelle s’est tousjours tenue joignant du Roy, tenant son estendart en sa main. Et estoit moult belle chose de voir les belles manières que tenoit le Roy et aussi la Pucelle. Et Dieu sache si vous y avez esté souhaitées.
“Aujourdhuy ont esté faitz par le Roy contes le sire de Laval et le sire de Sully et Rays mareschal…. Demain s’en doibt partir le Roy tenant son chemin vers Paris. On dit en ceste ville que le duc de Bourgongne y a esté et s’en est retourné à Laon où il est de present; il a envoyé si tost devers le Roy qu’il arriva en ceste ville. A ceste heure, nous espérons que bon traité y trouvera avant qu’ils partent. La Pucelle ne fait doubte qu’elle ne mette Paris en l’obéissance.
“Audit sacre, le Roy a fait plusieurs chevaliers et auxi lesdits seigneurs pairs en font tant que marveilles. Il y en a plus de trois cents nouveaux.
“Nos souveraines et redoubtées Dames, nous prions le benoist Saint-Esprit qu’il vous donne bonne vie et longue.
“Escript à Rains, ce dimanche XVII de Juillet. Vos très humbles et obéissans serviteurs, Beauveau, Moréal, Lussé.”] Ibid., 322– 324.
146 “Tomorrow the king must leave”: Ibid., 323.
147 “Why was your standard”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 125.
CHAPTER 10: Capture at Compiègne
148 “I shall last a year”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 141.
148 “The food was shocking”: A Parisian Journal, 272.
149 “Most redoubted lord”: Vaughan, Philip the Good, 24.
150 “a show of hands”: A Parisian Journal, 237– 238.
150 “by the command of my lord”: Stevenson, Letters and Papers Illustrative of the Wars of the English in France, vol. 2, part 1, 101– 102.
150 “promised… on their faith”: A Parisian Journal, 238.
151 “as much because some felt”: Pernoud, Joan of Arc: By Herself and Her Witnesses, 133.
151 “make good firm peace”: Ibid., 128.
151 “We, John of Lancaster”: Ibid., 131– 132.
152 “On the Friday following the 26th day of August”: Pernoud and Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, 76.
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