Joan of Arc: A Military Leader

273 Pages·1999·30.45 MB·English

by  Kelly DeVries

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SUTTON PUBLISHING
First published in 1999 by
Sutton Publishing Limited • Phoenix Mill
Thrupp • Stroud • Gloucestershire • GL5 2BU
Reprinted 1999
Copyright © Kelly DeVries, 1999
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a
retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form, or by any means, electronic,
mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission
of the publisher and copyright holder.
Kelly DeVries has asserted the moral right to be identified as the author of this
work.
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ISBN 0 7509 1805 5
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To General Sumner {f) and Charity Cannon Willard, for their scholarly example
and generosity to one who was once a young (okay a younger) academic. Their
warmth and friendship has sustained me at many conferences and during many
presentations over the years. If I saw their faces in the audience, I had confidence in
my participation. They exhibit all of the standards and qualities of one of their
favorite subjects, Joan of Arc.

Contents
List of Illustrations & Maps vi
Chronology ix
Acknowledgments xiii
1. Introduction 1
2. Why Joan of An Was Needed 8
3. A Military Mission? 31
4. Relieving the Siege of Orleans 54
5. Cleaning Up the Loire 97
6. The Road to Reims 122
7. The Decline of a Military Leader 135
8. The End of a Military Leader 156
9. Afterword 186
Genealogical Charts 190
Notes 194
Bibliography 229
Index 237
List of Illustrations & Maps
COLOUR, BETWEEN pp. 114 AND 115
Portrait of Joan of Arc from the mid- to late fifteenth century.
The battle of Agincourt, 1415.
Portrait of King Charles VII.
Portrait of Duke Philip the Good of Burgundy.
The Tour de Cordray, Chinon.
Joan with Charles VII.
The Earl of Salisbury, Thomas Montagu, besieging Orleans.
The battle of Patay.
John Talbot, Earl of Shrewsbury, receiving his sword from Henry VI.
The siege of Paris in 1429-
Facade of Reims Cathedral. ^
Tour Jeanne D'Arc at Rouen.
Joan of Arc being tied to the stake.
Scene from a siege during the Hundred Years War.
BLACK AND WHITE Page
Letter written by Joan of Arc to the citizens of Riom on 9 November 1429. 5
Battlefield of Crecy. 13
John the Fearless, duke of Burgundy. 17
Memorial cross erected over the grave pit holding the bodies of the
French nobles killed at the battle of Agincourt. 21
Henry V, king of England. 23
Henry VI, king of England. 28
Marginal portrait of Joan of Arc drawn by Clement de Fauquembergue. 32
House in Domremy where Joan of Arc was raised. 36
Porte de France, the town gate of Vaucouleurs. 39
Chinon Castle. 47
Chinon Castle, King's Hall. 48
Chinon Castle, Tour de Courdray. 48
Bascinet that may have belonged to Joan of Arc. 51