Front matter
A chronology
Dates marked as uncertain are reconstructed from later testimony or conflicting chronicles. They are in the story; they are not sworn to a day.
c. 1412 · ?
Domrémy
Birth of Jehanne, daughter of Jacques d’Arc and Isabelle Romée. Age given at trial (1431) as nineteen or thereabout.
1415, 25 Oct
Agincourt
English victory. The Armagnac military aristocracy is broken.
1420, 21 May
Troyes
Treaty of Troyes: Charles VI disinherits his son; Henry V becomes heir of France.
1422
Deaths of Henry V (August) and Charles VI (October). Infant Henry VI proclaimed king of France in Paris. Charles holds south of the Loire.
c. 1425 · ?
Domrémy
Joan, in her thirteenth year, first hears a voice in her father’s garden. She later names Saint Michael, then Saints Catherine and Margaret.
1428, May · ?
Vaucouleurs
First approach to Robert de Baudricourt. Refusal.
1428, summer–autumn · ?
Domrémy / Neufchâteau
Burgundian raid; the village flees. Stay at the inn of La Rousse. Lawsuit at Toul over an alleged marriage promise.
1428, Oct
Orléans
Salisbury opens the siege. The Tourelles are taken. Salisbury is mortally wounded in November.
1429, Jan
Vaucouleurs
Joan stays with the Le Royer household. Jean de Metz and Bertrand de Poulengy promise to take her to the king.
1429, 12 Feb
Rouvray
Day of the Herrings: Fastolf’s convoy defeats a French-Scottish force. Joan, at Vaucouleurs, is later said to have announced a reverse the same day.
1429, 22–23 Feb
Vaucouleurs
Departure for Chinon with six men, in male dress. ‘Eleven days to the king.’
1429, c. 4–6 Mar · ?
Chinon
Arrival; audience with Charles; private sign. Meeting with Alençon.
1429, mid-Mar
Poitiers
Theological examination. No evil found. She is to be sent to Orléans; the event will be the sign.
1429, 22 Mar
Poitiers
Letter to the English (Holy Week): surrender the towns; leave Orléans; Charles is the true heir.
1429, Apr
Tours / Fierbois
Armor and standard made. Sword sought at Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois.
1429, 29 Apr
Orléans
Evening entry by the Burgundy Gate. Lodging with Jacques Boucher.
1429, 4 May
Orléans
Bastide of Saint-Loup taken.
1429, 5 May
Orléans
Ascension: no combat. Letter shot into the English lines.
1429, 6 May
Orléans
Bastide of the Augustins taken on the south bank.
1429, 7 May
Orléans
Assault on the Tourelles. Joan wounded by an arrow. Glasdale drowns. The fortress falls at evening.
1429, 8 May
Orléans
The English abandon the remaining bastides. The siege is raised.
1429, 11–12 Jun
Jargeau
Town taken. Suffolk captured. Joan struck on the helmet by a stone.
1429, 15 Jun
Meung-sur-Loire
The bridge taken.
1429, 16–17 Jun
Beaugency
Town yielded. Richemont joins the army.
1429, 18 Jun
Patay
English field army routed. Talbot captured. Fastolf escapes.
1429, late Jun
Gien
Coronation army gathers. Letters of summons. Joan writes to Tournai and to Burgundy.
1429, 9 Jul
Troyes
The treaty-city opens after a threatened assault.
1429, 16 Jul
Reims
The city opens its gates.
1429, 17 Jul
Reims
Charles VII anointed and crowned. Joan stands with her standard. She writes again to the Duke of Burgundy. Domrémy and Greux are exempted from the taille.