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by Nancy Goldstone


  Jean, Bastard of Orléans, 138

  in attack on Paris, 213

  in battle of Normandy, 233, 234

  in entrance into Paris, 214

  full-scale attack on English launched by, 132–33

  Joan’s disagreement with, 128–29, 130

  in Joan’s rehabilitation, 243

  made count of Dunois, 243

  Normandy assault desired by, 137

  in Normandy battle, 190

  Orléans defended by, 127–28

  Jean, duke of Berry (brother of Charles V), 7, 17n

  Armagnacs joined by, 45

  books of, 7, 256

  castle seized by, 8–9, 13, 29

  Charle’s VI’s granting of power to, 140

  death of, 61

  dowry demanded of Yolande of Aragon by, 20

  as excused from battle with English, 55

  greed of, 29

  John the Fearless’s confession to, 43

  John the Fearless’s plot to murder, 61

  in power during Charles VI’s insanity, 38–39

  as regent, 29, 34, 38

  The Romance of Melusine requested by, 9, 14

  Jean, Saint, 32

  Joan, queen of Navarre, 17n

  Joanna I, queen of Naples, Jerusalem, and Sicily, 17, 78

  Joanna II, queen of Naples, 89, 218

  Joan of Arc, Maid of Orléans, xix, 27, 48, 75, 245

  as alleged half sister of Charles VII, 117

  Armagnac side supported by, 82–83

  banner of, 122, 123, 134, 140, 147

  Bastard of Orléans’s disagreement with, 128–29, 130, 141–42

  in battle for Jargeau, 139–41

  battle of Patay won by, 142–43, 226, 243–44

  birth of, 3, 77

  canonization of, 249

  in captivity, 160–65, 189

  captured by Burgundians, 159–60, 160, 166

  Charles VII recognized by, 115–16

  Charles VII sent letters by, 113

  Charles VII’s first meeting with, 15, 115–18, 263

  Choisy-au-Bac sorties of, 158

  Church’s examination of, 119–20

  coronation of Charles VII desired by, 100, 107, 114, 137–38, 143–47

  duke of Lorraine’s summoning of, 108–10

  ennobling of, 156, 162

  in escape attempts, 162, 169

  escorts’ desire for sex with, 113

  examined at Poitiers, 120–21, 165, 176

  execution of, 163, 168, 179, 181–84, 183, 187, 195, 235, 238, 241

  farming by, 79

  as fascinated with soldiers, 96

  fasting by, 95n, 242

  as fulfillment of prophecy, 92–93, 100, 107, 109, 121, 123

  growing following of, 108

  horses of, 108, 119, 131, 139, 156, 159

  illiteracy of, xviii, 3, 77–78, 79

  influence on war of, 165–66, 187, 195, 197

  invited to meet Charles VII, 114–18, 119

  in journey to Chinon, 110–11, 112–14, 115, 243

  last rites desired by, 178

  letter of retraction signed by, 179–80, 181

  letters to English by, 125, 130, 132

  in march to Compiègne, 157–58

  martial ability demonstrated to Charles VII by, 119

  Joan of Arc (Cont.)

  Melun liberated by, 158

  in men’s clothes, 108–9, 113, 151, 163, 165, 176, 180, 188, 236

  name of, 77

  outfitted as knight, 121–22, 131, 139, 159

  in Paris assault, 152–55

  Paris assault urged by, 146, 151, 152, 156

  Philip the Good’s interview of, 160, 166

  poverty of, 3, 77, 94

  prophecies made by, 100, 107, 114, 137–38, 143–47, 237, 248

  pursuit of English urged by, 141–42

  ransom of, 168, 170

  rehabilitation of, 189, 217, 234, 235–46, 247

  religious instruction of, 78

  René as useful to, 82–83, 109, 110, 115n

  resemblance to Melusine of, 15, 110, 175

  Robert de Baudricourt’s first conversation with, 102

  Robert de Baudricourt’s tests of, 108

  royal ring allegedly given to Charles VII by, 117, 249

  secrets told to Charles VII by, 117–18, 176

  sent to La Charité-sur-Loire, 155–56

  spirituality displayed by, 88–89, 94, 95, 113, 242, 244, 249

  summoned by Cauchon, 168

  as supposed witch, 135, 153, 174–75, 179, 197

  swords of, 111, 122

  in travels to Robert de Baudricourt, 99–100, 106–7, 109

  unsympathetic views after execution of, 187–89

  verbal wit of, 78, 79, 120, 173, 176, 238

  virginity of, 92, 94, 95, 109, 113, 120, 121, 171

  voices of angels heard by, xviii, 93, 94–97, 98, 99, 106, 110, 128, 129, 137, 156, 169, 174, 177–78, 179, 181, 188, 237, 249

  see also Orléans, siege of

  Joan of Arc, Maid of Orléans, trial of, 166, 170–84, 194, 242

  French payment for, 197

  inquisitors’ abuse of Joan in, 163, 170

  inquisitors’ questioning of Joan in, 77, 83, 95, 147, 156, 162, 164, 173, 174, 175–78, 180, 235, 246

  investigation of, 234, 235–38, 273

  irregularities found in, 239–40

  Joan kept in irons during, 170–71, 173, 181

  official records of, 187, 188–89, 217, 234, 235–38, 242–44, 246

  Joan of Béthune, 169

  John, Saint, 24

  John I, king of Aragon, 3

  as character in The Romance of Melusine, 15

  death of, 21

  illnesses of, 16, 21

  Marie of Blois’s desire for alliance with, 20

  poetry loved by, xxi, 5, 7, 256

  as romantic, 5

  wedding of, 5, 6

  John II, duke of Lorraine, 219, 220

  John of France (son of Charles VI):

  death of, 62, 63

  John the Fearless’s leverage over, 61–62

  John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy, 93

  assassination of, 9, 72–73, 81, 149, 150, 192, 208

  audit of France’s finances requested by, 41

  in battles with Armagnacs, 45–46, 47, 51, 69, 71n

  Charles VI defeated in battle by, 66

  Charles VI’s pardoning of, 44–45

  Charles VII held prisoner by, 49–50

  Charles VII’s truce with, 71, 72

  duke of Lorraine’s alliance with, 79

  English alliance with, 61, 65, 66

  Henry V in marriage negotiations for daughter of, 54

  Isabeau’s alliance with, 65

  leverage over John of France gained by, 61–62

  Lorraine important to, 80–81

  Louis II’s warning about, 62

  in marches on Paris, 44, 48, 59–60, 65–66, 67, 69

  murder of duke of Orléans ordered by, 41–42, 43–45, 224

  murder plots of, 61, 71

  Parisian government controlled by, 69

  troops sent to battle English by, 55, 59

  Journal of the Siege of Orléans, xvi, 130, 135–136

  Jubilee year, 239

  Kekewich, Margaret L., 81, 263

  La Charité-sur-Loire, 155–56

  Ladies’ Tree, 174

  Ladvenu, Martin, 182

  Lagny, 204

  La Hire (Étienne de Vignolles), 122–23, 139, 142

  in battle of Patay, 142–43, 226

  in entrance into Paris, 214

  in Normandy battle, 190

  in siege of Orléans, 129, 133

  la Marche, A. Lecoy de, 220

  La Marche, counts of, 9

  Lang, Andrew, 127

  La Rousse, 101

  la Trémoïlle, Georges de, 98–99, 102, 104, 190

  Arthur of Richemont’s dispute with, 98, 139, 192, 202, 203–4

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sp; at coronation of Charles VII, 145

  Joan sent to La Charité-sur-Loir by, 155–56

  at negotiations with duke of Brittany, 191–92

  as opposed to letting Joan see Charles VII, 114, 115, 119

  in plot to kill Nicolas Rolin, 201–2

  in power over Charles VII, 191, 192

  in prison, 202–4

  revenue received by, 193

  in talks with Philip the Good, 150, 150–51

  Yolande of Aragon’s opposition to, 201–2

  la Trémoïlle, Jehan de, 150

  Laval, count of, 145, 191, 193

  Laxart, Durand, 100–101, 107

  Le Févre, Jean, 81

  Le Mans, 35–36, 66, 92, 152, 161, 222, 232

  cathedral of, 222–23

  Leon, king of, 231

  Le Royer, Catherine, 106–7, 108

  Le Royer, Henri, 106

  Lille, 220

  Loire, 26, 133

  longbowmen, 142

  Lorraine, 79–81, 88, 92, 101, 106, 194, 205, 219–20, 231

  as Burgundian, 79–80, 88

  court of, 14

  Lorraine, duchess, 33

  Lorraine, duke of (father-in-law to René of Anjou), 79, 80, 81, 82, 88

  Bar threatened by, 5

  death of, 194

  Joan consulted by, 108–10

  Louis (son of René of Anjou), 219

  Louis, duke of Bar, 80, 81

  Louis I, duke of Orléans (younger brother of Charles VI):

  in alleged affair with Isabeau, 39–40, 104

  attacked by Charles, 36

  in dispute over audit, 41

  Isabeau’s alliance with, 40, 65

  large nose of, 28, 116

  lavish spending of, 40, 41

  murder of, 41–42, 43–45, 73, 224

  named regent, 40

  in pursuit of power, 39, 43

  Louis I, king of Sicily, duke of Maine and Anjou, and count of Provence, 23, 78

  Italy invaded by, 17–18, 27

  Louis II, king of Sicily, duke of Maine and Anjou, and count of Provence:

  as absent from battle with English, 55, 62

  in alliance with Isabeau, 60–61, 64

  crowning of, 19

  death of, 63

  in escape from Paris, 59

  illness of, 55, 59, 60, 62–63

  in investigation of murder of duke of Orléans, 43

  Italian claim of, 18–19, 21, 43

  Italy invaded by, 19, 27, 46n, 47

  John the Fearless’s confession to, 43–44

  John the Fearless’s plot to murder, 61

  in marriage to Yolande of Aragon, 19–24

  as principal power in government, 60, 61

  recognized as count of Provence, 18–19

  on side of Armagnacs, 46

  stained glass window of, 222

  summoned to fight English, 52

  in travels around Provence, 72

  Louis III, king of Sicily, duke of Maine and Anjou, and count of Provence, 90

  accepted as heir to Naples throne, 89

  birth of, 25

  Charles VII’s friendship with, 51

  death of, 218, 221

  engagements of, 43, 46, 64, 191–92

  inheritance of, 63, 71–72

  Italy invaded by, 71–72, 89, 161, 191, 218

  in negotiations for kingdom of Aragon, 47

  in travels around Provence, 72

  Louis IX, king of France (Saint Louis), 103–4, 137–38, 145, 147

  Louis XI, king of France (son of Charles VII), 221, 231, 248

  birth of, 90

  in entrance into Paris, 214

  in invasion of Champagne, 226

  marriage negotiations of, 105

  Louvet, Jean, 97–98

  Louvre, 49–50

  Lusignan family, 8–9, 12–13, 14, 29

  Luxembourg, John of, 159, 161, 162–63, 166

  at Magny battle, 159

  summoned by Cauchon, 168, 169

  Luxembourg, lady of, 169

  Machet, Gérard, Charles VII cared for by, 62

  Maçon, Robert Le, 121

  Charles VII cared for by, 62, 121

  Charles VII escorted from Paris by, 68–69, 121

  Maine, 233

  English occupation of, 73, 92, 155, 211, 216, 221, 222, 230, 232

  vassals summoned from, 90–91

  Yolande’s property in, 24, 25, 26, 66, 202, 248

  Yolande’s revenue from, 24, 25, 26

  Maine, count of, 231

  Majorca, 5, 16

  Malta, 5

  Manchon, Guillaume, 172, 243

  Margaret of Anjou, queen of England, 219, 223, 228, 231–32

  Margaret of Antioch, Saint, 89, 99, 179, 181, 188, 261

  Margny, 159, 160

  Marguerite (Joan’s neighbor), 89

  Marie of Anjou, queen of France (daughter of Yolande of Aragon), 78, 82, 93, 105, 106, 147, 191, 248

  as absent from Charles VII’s coronation, 145

  Charles VII as playmate of, 51

  engagement of, 47–48, 51

  La Trémoïlle’s plot to kill, 202

  Louis born to, 90

  marriage of, 87

  in Yolande of Aragon’s will, 228

  Marie of Avignon (seer), 92

  Marie of Blois, queen of Sicily, 23, 102, 232

  army purchased by, 18

  death of, 27

  finance understood by, 26–27

  as formidable, 17, 18, 23

  fortune of, 228

  Louis II’s marriage negotiated by, 19–20, 21–22, 23

  Sicily desired by, 18–19

  stained glass window of, 222

  in travels around Provence, 72

  Marie of France, duchess of Bar, 5, 8, 79

  education of, 6

  marriage of, 6

  reading by, 6

  The Romance of Melusine dedicated to, 14–15

  Marseille, 26, 221

  Martin I, king of Aragon, 21, 22, 47

  Massieu, Jean, 170, 172

  Maxey, 88

  Melun, 50, 84

  Melusine, 12–13, 13, 73, 162, 175, 222

  Metz, 232, 233

  Metz, bishop of, 219–20

  Metz, Jean de, 113

  Meung, 139, 141

  Michael, Saint, 89, 95–96, 97, 188, 261

  minstrels, 6–7

  Monstrelet, Enguerrand de (chronicler), 151, 196, 205, 208, 210, 211, 212–13, 215, 223, 224–26, 231, 247

  Montereau-Fault-Yonne, 72, 84, 149

  Montivilliers, 213

  Montpellier, 22

  Mortagne, 66

  Nancy, 108, 232–33

  Nantes, 91

  Naples, 22, 43, 47, 72, 161, 219, 221

  René’s loss of, 226, 230

  supplies cut off to, 227

  Netherlands, 29

  Neufchâteau, 101, 220

  Nevers, conference at, 205–8, 209, 211, 218

  Nicholas V, Pope, 238–39

  Nichols, Stephen G., 14

  Normandy, 65, 66, 223

  English occupation of, 73, 137, 143, 155, 190, 211, 216, 217, 221, 232n, 233–34

  French recapture of, 213

  Notre Dame (Paris), 85–86, 148n, 241

  Notre Dame (Reims), 145

  Notre Dame de Bermont, 88

  Novellompont, Jean de, 108, 113

  Orléans, 241

  access routes to, xvi

  military importance of, xvi

  supplies for, xvi, xvii, 122, 125–26, 128, 129, 131, 134, 161

  walls around, xvi, 125

  Orléans, siege of, xvi–xvii

  beginning of, 103

  casualties of, 131–32

  emotional impact of, 105

  as English hubris, 127

  full-scale battle in, 132–37, 135, 153, 157, 197, 243

  impact of lifting of, 136–37, 143

  Joan in battle to relieve, xvii, 132–37, 135

  lifting of, as
Joan’s goal, 107, 110, 114, 118, 120, 122, 130

  map of, 127

  number of English troops at, 126, 133

  number of French troops at, 126n, 133

  religious significance to French of, 123–24

  Royal Army’s reaching of, 131

  Ourches, Albert d’, 78

  Pardiac, count of, 101, 102

  Paris, 44

  as Burgundian stronghold, 153

  Charles VII’s entrance into, 214–15, 215

  English army’s arrival in, 151–52

  English occupation of, xv, 138n, 151–52, 211

  French attack on, 152–55, 194

  French recapture of, 213–16, 217, 236

  John the Fearless’s marches on, 44, 48, 59–60, 65–66, 67, 69

  popular uprising in, 46, 47, 71n

  royal feast for poor in, 138n

  Paris, University of, 120, 163, 164–65, 239

  allegiance switched to Charles VII by, 236

  divine nature of Joan’s mission disputed at, 166

  English occupation approved by, 166–67

  Joan’s execution defended by, 187

  masters from, at Joan’s trial, 172, 179

  Parlement of Paris, 85–86

  Pasqueral, Jean, 116–17, 121, 132

  Pastor, Ludwig, 241

  Patay, 141, 142

  battle at, 142–43, 149, 226, 243–44

  Pedro IV, king of Aragon, 3, 5, 6

  Peronne, battle at, 190

  Perroy, Edouard, 204

  Philip the Bold, duke of Burgundy, 17n, 104

  Charles VI manipulated by, 29, 32

  and Charles VI’s marriage, 32

  death of, 40

  dowry demanded of Yolande of Aragon by, 20

  duke of Orléans move against, 39

  in military campaign against England, 34

  in power during Charles VI’s insanity, 38–39, 40

  rebellion in Flanders crushed by, 29

  as regent, 29, 32, 34, 38

  Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy, 206

  in agreement to protect Paris from French, 149–50

  in alliance with duke of Orléans and duke of Brittany, 225

  in alliance with English, 83, 84, 196–97, 200, 202, 208

  Antoine armed by, 194–95

  in battle at Margny, 159

  Cauchon promoted by, 167

  Charles VI’s granting of power to, 40

  Charles VII’s circle in talks with, 98, 150–51, 156–57, 189–90, 205–12, 218

  Compiègne lost by, 170, 198

  Congress of Arras hosted by, 208–12

  duke of Austria’s war against, 196

  duke of Orléans’s ransom paid by, 224–25

  enrichment by war of, 198

  as independent sovereign entity, 149

  Joan interviewed by, 160, 166

  Joan ransomed to English by, 170

  Joan’s trial requested of, 166

  Lorraine as stronghold of, 88

 

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