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as absent from Charles VII’s coronation, 144–45
Joan given sword by, 111, 122
Joan’s escort prepared by, 110–11, 113, 115
Joan’s first conversation with, 102
Joan’s visits to, 99–100, 106
Joan tested by, 108
René’s ransom indemnified by, 220
Vaucouleurs defended by, 101
Baugé, battle of, 84–85
Bavaria, 41
Bavaria, duke of (father of Isabeau of Bavaria), 29
Bayeaux, 66
Beaucourt, G. du Fresne de, 192
Beaugency, 139, 141
Beaulieu-les-Fontianes, 161, 162
Beaupère, Jean, 174, 176, 238
Beaurevoir, castle of, 162–63, 167, 170, 182
Beauté, 213
Beauvais, 35
Beauvais, bishop of, 167, 168, 171, 172–73, 178, 180, 181, 246
Bedford, duke of (regent of France), 85, 86, 103, 237
death of, 212
insulting letter to Charles VII, 151, 155
Joan’s letter to, 125, 130
Joan’s virginity checked by, 171
marriage of, 150
Parisian poor feast neglected by, 138n
portions of France conquered by, 98
reinforcements requested by, 149
in Triple Alliance, 90
war council summoned by, 99, 101
Belgium, 29
Bellême, 66
Belles Heures, 7
Benevento, 226–227
Bible, 14
Blois, 136
army massing in, xv, xvii, 122, 123–24
Bois de Vincennes, 213
Boisguillaume, 172
Bordeaux, 247
Bouillé, Guillaume, dean of Noyon, 234, 235–38, 242
Bourbon, duke of, 58, 231
in attempt to free René, 219
stained glass window of, 222
Bourdigné, Jehan de (chronicler), 8, 25, 70
on rebellion in Provençe, 18–19
“Bourgeois de Paris,” 188, 204, 213, 214
Bourges, 45–46, 70, 82, 90, 92, 103, 151, 226
Boussac, lord of, 170, 190
Brabant, duchess of, Isabeau’s marriage arranged by, 32, 33–34
Bréhal, Jean, 239, 240, 241, 242–44, 246
Bridget of Sweden, 120
Brie, 157
Brittany, 191
Craon in, 35–36
Brittany, duke of, 35, 64, 67, 71, 231
Armagnacs joined by, 45
Charles’s cause abandoned by, 90, 139, 191
Charles supported by, 98, 139, 190, 191
in Triple Alliance, 90, 98
Buchan, earl of, 85, 92
Bulgnéville, 195, 218
Burgundians, 70, 80, 82, 90, 101, 144, 214
Armagnacs massacred by, 68, 69
in attempt to take Compiègne, 157
at Congress of Arras, 208–12
English alliance with, 61, 65–66, 83–84, 99, 196–97, 200, 202, 208
Joan captured by, 159–60, 160, 166
Joan’s fear of, 112
noblemen’s pledge to wage war against, 45
Parisian citizens as, 153
in proposed truce with Armagnacs, 67, 71
in pursuit of Charles VII, 67–69
and rehabilitation of Joan’s image, 236
in switch of allegiance to Charles VII, 212
in University of Paris, 165, 166
see also John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy; Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy; Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy
Burgundy, 29, 226
Burgundy, duchess of, 233
Burgundy Gate, 125, 132
Burne, Alfred Higgins, 128
butchers, 46, 47, 71n
Caen, 66
Caesar, Julius, 3
Cagny, Perceval de, 155–56, 157
Calais, 149, 157, 247
Caldora, Antonio, 226–27
Caldora, Jacopo, 226
calendar, 26
Calixtus III, Pope, 240–41
Castille, king of, 231
Castillon, battle of, 247, 248
Catalonia, 5, 16
Catherine de la Rochelle, 123
Catherine of Alexandria, Saint, 89, 99, 169, 179, 181, 188
Catherine of Burgundy (daughter of John the Fearless), 48, 51
birth of son of, 85
engagement of, 43, 46, 192
Henry V in marriage negotiations with, 54, 59, 83
Catherine of France (daughter of Charles VI), 63, 86
Henry V’s marriage negotiations with, 54, 71
Catherine of Siena (mystic), 78, 120, 261
Cauchon, Pierre, bishop of Beauvais:
archbishopric lost by, 180
as Burgundian, 166–67
in charge of Joan’s trial, 166, 171–72, 173, 174, 209, 236, 237, 238, 243, 244
at Congress of Arras, 209, 210
in grudge against Joan, 167
Joan’s execution and, 181, 182–83
Joan summoned by, 168
made bishop, 167, 209
spy sent to Domrémy by, 171
Châlons, 144
Champagne, 157
battle at, 190, 194, 195, 196
Chappes, 194, 195
Charlemagne, 3
Charles, duke of Orléans (son of Louis I), 45, 231
in alliance with Philip the Good and duke of Brittany, 225
in battle with English, 7, 55, 58
as English prisoner, 7, 58, 105, 127, 156, 161n, 223, 224–25
marriage of, 225
Charles V, king of France, 5, 8, 19, 28–29, 32, 78, 255–56
Charles VI, king of France, 32
as absent from Agincourt, 56
appearance of, 28, 116
as athletic, 29
birth of, 34–35
Charles VII disinherited by, 84, 93, 167, 192
child born to, 34–35
coat of arms of, 37
death and funeral of, 85–86, 199
held prisoner in Louvre, 49–50
Charles VI (Cont.)
Henry V’s conditions accepted by, 83, 84
Henry V’s truce with, 73
insanity of, 28, 36–38, 37, 39, 44, 47, 50, 52, 59, 63, 85, 86, 104
Isabeau’s fabricated story of kidnapping of, 65
Isabeau’s move on Paris opposed by, 63–64
Isabelle offered to Richard II by, 20–21
John the Fearless pardoned by, 44–45
Louis II loved by, 43
pages killed by, 36
personality of, 29
rebellion in Flanders crushed by, 29
rulings on responsibility of court in absence, 39, 40
throne inherited by, 28
typhoid fever of, 35
vassals summoned to fight English by, 52
wedding of, 32–34
Charles VII, king of France, xv, 87
in alliance with Holy Roman Emperor, 204–5
in attempt to free René, 219
in battle of Baugé, 84–85
in battle of Chartres, 85
battle of Verneuil lost by, 91–92, 98
Bedford’s insulting letter to, 151, 155
christening of, 169
coronation of, 144–47, 148, 149, 151, 152, 155, 157, 167, 189, 197, 204, 211, 243
council of, 98, 101, 102–3, 191
death of, 248
in decision whether to see Joan, 113–14
demoralization of, xv, xvii
desire for separate peace with duke of Burgundy, 146–47, 149, 204, 205–8
disinheritance of, 84, 93, 167, 192
in dispute over bishopric of Angers, 227–28
earl of Suffolk’s embassy to, 230–31
as embarrassed by Joan, 155
engagement of, 47–48, 51
in entrance into Paris, 214–15, 215
escape from kingdom considered by, 104–5, 148
fate feared by, 104
Henry VI’s desire for vassalage of, 211
indecisiveness of, 97, 98, 103, 105, 114, 225
induction ceremony of, 86–88
in invasion of Champagne, 226
Isabeau’s fabricated story of kidnapping of, 65
Isabeau’s summoning to Paris, 69–70
Joan invited to see, 114–18, 119
Joan’s armor purchased by, 122
Joan’s desire for coronation of, 100, 107, 114, 137–38, 143–47
Joan’s letters to, 113
Joan’s telling of secrets to, 117–18
Joan’s trial investigated by, 234, 235–38, 273
John the Fearless’s military defeat of, 66
John the Fearless’s truce with, 71, 72
in journey to Reims coronation, 138
large nose of, 116
Lorraine as important to, 80
Louis II knighted by, 19
Louis III’s friendship with, 51
made dauphin, 62
Margaret of Anjou’s marriage negotiated by, 231–32
Marie of Anjou as playmate of, 51
marriage of, 85
Metz battle won by, 233
Normandy won back by, 233–34
in Paris campaign truce, 150–51
Philip the Good in talks with, 98, 150–51, 156–57, 189–90, 205–12, 218
Philip the Good’s reconciliation with, 205–8, 212–13
and plot to kidnap La Trémoïlle, 203–4
as raised in home of Yolande of Aragon, 48, 49, 50–52, 64, 70
René’s captivity and, 196
René’s friendship with, 51, 82
René’s ransom and, 221
The Romance of Melusine presented as gift to, 14
rumors of illegitimacy of, 39, 103–4, 127–28, 191, 221
secret prayer of, 117–18
standing royal army maintained by, 248
stinginess of, 161n
Tours blocked to, 97–98
troops summoned by, 70–71
unhappy childhood of, 48–50
uprising at Rouen put down by, 64–65
Yolande’s coup against, 101–3
Yolande’s disappointment in, 90, 92
Charles, Simon, 118, 144
on decision to see Joan, 114, 115
on Joan’s recognition of Charles VII, 115–16
Charles of Anjou (son of Yolande of Aragon), 191, 192, 203, 222
Charles of Maine, 202
Charny, lord of, 207
Chartier, Jean (chronicler), 104, 122, 203
Chartres, 85
Chastel, Tanneguy du:
appointed prévôt of Paris, 60
Charles VII cared for by, 62
Charles VII escorted from Paris by, 67–69
Isabeau’s move on Paris opposed by, 63, 66
John the Fearless killed by, 72–73
John the Fearless’s plot to murder, 61
Yolande’s dismissal of, 98
Chastellain, Georges (chronicler), 155, 159
Cherbourg, 230
Chezy, 128, 131
Chinon, royal court of, 15, 110–11, 112–18, 119, 137, 147, 148, 174, 191, 243
chivalry, 5, 107, 162, 163, 168, 193
in poetry, 7
war captives and, 196
Choisy-au-Bac, 158
Church of Saint-Loup, 129
Clarence, duke of, 85, 101
Clare of Assisi, 78
Clermont, count of, 45, 102
at coronation of Charles VII, 145
Compiègne, 48, 62, 152, 157, 158, 160, 166, 168, 169, 190, 198
Congress of Arras, 208–12, 271–72
constable of France, 35
in battle with English, 54–56, 58
Constantinople, 239, 240
Corbeil, 213
cortes, 16, 47
Coudray, castle of, 202
courts, 81
courts of love, 7
Coutes, Louis de, 130
Craon, Pierre de, 35–36
Cravant, battle of, 90
Crépy, 151, 152
Croy, lord of, 207
Crusades, 34
Calixtus’s desire for new, 240–41
Cyprus, 9
Darc, Catherine (Joan’s sister), 77
Darc, Isabelle (Joan’s mother), 77, 78, 96, 144, 241–42
Darc, Jacquemin (Joan’s brother), 77
Darc, Jacques (Joan’s father), 77, 96, 144, 241
Darc, Jean (Joan’s brother), 77
Darc, Pierre (Joan’s brother), 77, 241
“day of the herrings,” xvi
Dickinson, Joycelyne, 271–72
Dieppe, 213
Dijon, 88, 195, 205, 218–21, 230
Domrémy, 79–80, 88, 96, 99, 156, 174, 243, 244
as loyal to Charles VII, 80, 88, 144
news of court in, 81–82, 89, 110, 116, 144
spy sent to, 171
Douglas, earl of, 85, 92
education, 78
Elizabeth, queen of Hungary, 78, 120
Embrun, archbishop of, 165
England:
Burgundian alliance with, 61, 65–66, 83–84, 99, 196–97, 200, 202, 208
at Congress of Arras, 208–12
1415 invasion of France by, 52, 54–57, 58
1417 invasion of France by, 65, 66
1429 invasion of France by, xv
1429 offensive of, xv–xvii
Joan’s execution defended by, 187–88
Joan’s fear of, 112
money lost on French war by, 197–98
Paris occupied by, xv
regency government’s disastrous military campaign against, 34
see also Agincourt, battle of; Joan of Arc, the maid of Orléans, trial of
Estouteville, Guillaume d’, 239, 240, 242
Etampes, count of, 192
États généraux, 102–3, 221
Eu, count of, 233
Fairy Tree, 174
Falaise, 66
Fastolf, Sir John, 140, 141, 142, 143
Flanders, 29, 44
flayers, 46
Fontaine, lord of, 84
fort of the Augustins, 133–34, 136
Fort St. Loup, 131, 132, 133
France, Anatole, 107
Froissart, Jean (chronicler):
on Charles VI’s illness, 36
on duke of Burgundy, 29
Front, Guillaume, 244
Gascony, 73
Gaucourt, lady of, 121
Gaucourt, Raoul de, 116
Gerson, Jean, 165, 236
Gien, court in, 144
Glasdale, Sir William, 130–31, 134
Gouffier, Guillaume, 117n
Gravesline, 223
Gutenberg, Johannes, 14
Guyenne, 226
Guyenne, duke of, 45, 46, 47, 48, 56, 58, 59
death of, 60
as depicted by Shakespeare, 53–54
illness of, 59
Isabeau’s attention focused on, 50
Hainaut, count of, 61–62
Hainaut, duchess of, Isabeau transformed by, 32–34
Harfleur, 55–56, 213
Henry IV, king of England, 21n, 40, 53
Henry V, king of England, 88, 103, 128, 165, 217, 247
Burgundian alliance with, 83–84
Charles VI’s truce with, 73
Chartres defended by, 85
crowning of, 167
death of, 85, 199
as depicted by Shakespeare, 52, 53–54
in 1415 invasion of France, 54–57, 58
in 1417 invasion of France, 65, 66–67
French cities taken by, 66, 71, 72, 73, 84
French government controlled by, 84
in marriage negotiations with Catherine, 54, 71, 83
as seasoned military commander, 52–53
Henry VI, king of England, 127, 149, 150, 168, 180, 198, 223–24
&n
bsp; birth of, 85
Cauchon as counselor to, 167
crowning of, 148n, 157, 197
in distress at Philip the Good’s separate peace, 212–13
Joan’s execution defended by, 188
lineage of, 103–4, 137
marriage of, 231–32
Parisian poor feast neglected by, 138n
Philip the Good’s demand for money from, 198–99
and proposed marriage to count of Armagnac’s daughter, 225
recognized as king of France, 85, 211
Henry VIII, king of England, 231
Hildegard of Bingen, 78
Holy Inquisition, see Joan of Arc, the maid of Orléans, trial of
Holy Roman Emperor, 5, 228, 232, 238
Holy Roman Empire, 79, 196, 204–5
Hôtel Barbette, 41, 48
Hôtel d’Artois, 44
Hôtel Saint-Pol, 38, 64, 67, 212, 215
Hundred Years War:
symbolic end of, 247
see also England; specific battles
Hyères, 26
Isabeau of Bavaria, queen of France:
as absent from funeral of Charles VI, 86
in alleged affair with duke of Orléans, 39–40, 104
Charles VI as upset by presence of, 38
Charles VII’s engagement negotiated by, 47–48
Charles VII summoned to Paris by, 69–70
child born to, 34–35
civil war averted by, 39
death of, 212
in dispute over audit, 41
duke of Orléans’s alliance with, 40, 65
exile of, 64
in flight from duke of Burgundy, 49, 50
French language unknown to, 32–33
greed and lavish spending of, 39, 40, 41, 46
Henry V’s conditions accepted by, 83–84
John the Fearless’s alliance with, 65, 69
John the Fearless’s plot to murder, 61
in march on Paris, 63–66
marriage of, 32–34
Paris taken by, 69
in power struggle with count of Armagnac, 63
in prophecy of Marie of Avignon, 92–93
as remote parent, 48, 50, 51
Yolande of Aragon’s alliance with, 47, 60–61
Isabelle, duchess of Bar and Lorraine (wife of René of Anjou), 80, 81, 82, 232
made lieutenant general of southern Italy, 219, 221
Isabelle, duchess of Milan, 17n
Isabelle of Brittany, 191–92, 193
Isabelle of Valois, 20–21
in marriage to duke of Orléans’s eldest son, 40
Italy:
Louis I’s invasion of, 17–18, 27
Louis II’s invasion of, 19, 27, 46n, 47
Louis III’s invasion of, 71–72, 89, 161, 191, 218
René’s invasion of, 221, 226–27
Jacob, E. F., 143n
Jargeau, battle for, 139–40
Jaume (Yolande of Aragon’s deceased brother), 256