Joan of Arc’s Relief of Orléans
At a glance:
- Series: Chronology of European History
- Categories: Government and Politics, Women’s Issues, Religion, Ethics, Military History, Mythology, Folklore
- Subcategories: Wars, Battles
- Curriculum: Women’s History, Medieval History/Middle Ages, French History
- Geographical Location: France
- Date: May 4-8, 1429
Article abstract: Joan of Arc’s relief of Orléans begins a series of French victories that shatter the myth of English invincibility and turn the tide in the Hundred Years’ War.
Summary of Event
During the Anglo-French Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453), the English invaders repeatedly defeated France’s feudal armies in battles such as Crécy (1337) and Poitiers (1356). With Henry V’s victory at Agincourt in 1415, English mastery of all France seemed possible. Defeated and demented, King Charles VI of France, by the 1420 Treaty of Trois, gave...
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