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Authors: Nancy Goldstone
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, 161
n
, 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
in escape from Paris, 67–69, 121
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, 161
n
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, 117
n
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, 21
n,
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
birth of, 85
Cauchon as counselor to, 167
crowning of, 148
n,
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, 138
n
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, 17
n
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, 46
n,
47
Louis III’s invasion of, 71–72, 89, 161, 191, 218
René’s invasion of, 221, 226–27
Jacob, E. F., 143
n
Jargeau, battle for, 139–40
Jaume (Yolande of Aragon’s deceased brother), 256
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, 17
n
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, 17
n
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