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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