Dec 20, 2009
Article abstract: Type of action: Ground battle in the Hundred Years’ War. Result: By lifting the Siege of Orléans, Joan of Arc ended the English reputation for military invincibility.
The Siege of Orléans was undertaken by the English in the hope of forcing a quick end to the Hundred Years’ War. Despite the victory at Agincourt in 1415 and the 1420 Treaty of Troyes as well as the presence in Paris of English John of Lancaster, duke of Bedford as regent for the French boy-king Henry VI, active resistance continued on behalf of the Dauphin. In 1428, the...
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