I JOAN OF ARC La Pucelle selected sources translated and annotated by Craig Taylor Manchester University Press Manchester and New York distributed exclusively in the USA by Palgrave
CONTENTS Preface P a g e i x Map of France in 1429 xiii Map of Orleans xv The House of Valois xvii Chronological table xix Abbreviations xxi Introduction 1 The supporters of Joan 9 The enemies of Joan 22 Remembering Joan 39 Gendering Joan 46 Reading Joan 60 I: The life of Joan of Arc 68 1 The Treaty of Troyes (21 May 1420) 68 2 La reponse d'un bon et loyal franfois au peuple de France (1420?) 69 3 The conclusions of the Poitiers investigation (March-April 1429) 72 4 Joan of Arc's letter to the English (22 March 1429) 74 5 Fragment of a letter to Nicole de Giresme (April 1429?) 76 6 Virgo puellares (1429?) 77 7 De mirabili victoria (March-April 1429?) 78 8 Letter from the Lord of Rotselaer (22 April 1429) 83 9 Joan of Arc's ultimatum to the English (5 May 1429) 84 10 Ballade contre les Anglais (May 1429?) 85 11 Letter from Charles VII to the inhabitants of Narbonne (10 May 1429) 86 12 Letter from Pancrazio Giustiniani (10 May 1429) 87 13 Collectarium historiarum of Jean Dupuy (May 1429?) : 89 14 A report on Joan from Brittany (4 June 1429) 91 15 Letter from Guy and Andre de Laval to their mother (8 June 1429) 92 16 Joan of Arc's letter to the city of Tournai (25 June 1429) 93 17 Joan of Arc's letter to the city of Troyes (4 July 1429) 94 18 Joan of Arc's letter to the Duke of Burgundy (17 July 1429) 95 19 Ballade du sacre de Reims (July 1429?) 96 20 Ditie de Jehanne d'arc by Christine de Pizan (31 July 1429) 98 21 Epistola de puella by Alain Chartier (July 1429) 108 22 De quadam puella (Summer 1429?) 112 23 Joan of Arc's letter to Reims (5 August 1429) 118
vi CONTENTS 24 The Duke of Bedford's challenge to Charles VII (7 August 1429) 119 25 Joan of Arc's letter to the Count of Armagnac (22 August 1429) 122 26 The Journal of Clement de Fauquembergue (8 September 1429) 124 27 De bono et malo spiritu (September 1429) 125 28 Joan of Arc's letter to Riom (9 November 1429) 130 29 Joan of Arc's letter to Reims (16 March 1430) 131 30 Jean Pasquerel's letter on behalf of Joan to the Hussites (23 March 1430) 132 31 Joan of Arc's letter to Reims (28 March 1430) 133 32 The Chronicles of London (c.1430?) 134 33 Letter from Henry VI to Pierre Cauchon (3 January 1431) 135 II: The trial of condemnation (February-May 1431) 137 34 First public examination (Wednesday 21 February 1431) 137 35 Second public examination (Thursday 22 February 1431) 140 36 Third public examination (Saturday 24 February 1431) 145 37 Fourth public examination (Tuesday 27 February 1431) 151 38 Fifth public examination (Thursday 1 March 1431) 159 39 Sixth public examination (Saturday 3 March 1431) 166 40 First private examination (Saturday 10 March 1431) 174 41 Second private examination (Monday 12 March 1431) 178 42 Third private examination (Monday 12 March 1431) 181 43 Fourth private examination (Tuesday 13 March 1431) 182 44 Fifth private examination (Wednesday 14 March 1431) 186 45 Sixth private examination (Wednesday 14 March 1431) 189 46 Seventh private examination (Thursday 15 March 1431) 192 47 Eighth private examination (Saturday 17 March 1431) 197 48 Ninth private examination (Saturday 17 March 1431) 200 49 The interrogations are read in Joan's presence (Saturday 24 March 1431) 204 50 Joan asks permission to hear mass (Palm Sunday, 25 March 1431) 204 51 Joan is interrogated in prison (Easter Saturday, 31 March 1431) 205 52 The Twelve Articles of Accusation (5 April 1431) 207 53 The opinions of the University of Paris (Saturday 19 May 1431) 213 54 The abjuration and sentence (Thursday 24 May 1431) 216 55 The opening of the trial for relapse (Monday 28 May 1431) 220 56 The final sentence of Joan (Wednesday 30 May 1431) 222 III: Debating Joan of Arc (1431-1455) 225 57 Letter from Henry VI to the prelates of France (28 June 1431) 225 58 The Journal of Clement de Fauquembergue (June 1431) 228 59 The Journal of a Bourgeois of Paris (c. 1431?) 228 60 Letter of remission regarding two inhabitants of Abbeville (6 July 1432) 235
CONTENTS vii 61 The Chronicle of the Cordeliers (c.1432) 236 62 The Duke of Bedford's memorandum (14/15 June 1434) 238 63 Contra ducem Burgundie by Jean de Rinel (1435) 240 64 Audite celi by Jean Juvenal des Ursins (1435) 242 65 Formicarius by Johannes Nider (c. 1437) 243 66 Le champion des dames by Martin Le Franc (1440-1442) 245 67 The Chronicle of Charles VII by Jean Chartier (c. 1445-1450) 250 68 The Chronicle of Enguerrand de Monstrelet (1447?) 254 69 Letter of Charles VII to Guillaume Bouille (15 February 1450) 259 70 Letter of Cardinal Guillaume d'estouteville to Charles VII (22 May 1452) 260 IV: The Nullification trial (1455-1456) 262 71 Letter from Pope Calixtus III (11 June 1455) 262 72 The petition of Isabelle d'arc (7 November 1455) 264 73 Articles of interrogation for the Lorraine (20 December 1455) 265 74 Deposition of Jean Morel (28 January 1456) 267 75 Deposition of Beatrice, widow of Estellin (29 January 1456) 269 76 Deposition of Jeannette, widow of Thiesselin (29 January 1456) : 270 77 Deposition of Jean de Nouillonpont (31 January 1456) 271 78 Deposition of Durand Laxart (31 January 1456) 273 79 Deposition of Catherine, wife of Henri Le Royer (31 January 1456) 274 80 Deposition of Bertrand de Poulengy (6 February 1456) 275 81 Deposition of the Count of Dunois (22 February 1456) 277 82 Deposition of Master Francois Garivel (7 March 1456) 285 82 Deposition of Jean Luillier (16 March 1456) 286 84 Deposition of Jacques L'Esbahy (16 March 1456) 288 85 Deposition of Jean de Champeaux (16 March 1456) 289 86 Deposition of Charlotte, wife of Guillaume Havet (16 March 1456) 289 87 Deposition of Master Jean Tiphaine (2 April 1456) 290 88 Deposition of Master Guillaume de La Chambre (2 April 1456) 291 89 Deposition of Master Thomas de Courcelles (2 April 1456) 292 90 Deposition of Louis de Coutes (3 April 1456) 294 91 Deposition of Gobert Thibaut (5 April 1456) 298 92 Deposition of Simon Beaucroix (20 April 1456) 300 93 Deposition of Master Jean Barbin (30 April 1456) 302 94 Deposition of the Duke of Alencon (3 May 1456) 304 95 Deposition of Brother Jean Pasquerel (4 May 1456) 310 96 Deposition of Simon Charles (7 May 1456) 317 97 Deposition of Aimon, Lord of Macy (7 May 1456) 319 98 Deposition of Master Guillaume Manchon (12 May 1456) 321 99 Deposition of Master Jean Massieu (12 May 1456) 331 100 Deposition of Brother Seguin Seguin (14 May 1456) 336
viii CONTENTS 101 Deposition at Lyon of Jean d'aulon (28 May 1456) 339 102 The Sentence of Nullification (7 July 1456) 348 V: The memory of Joan of Arc 350 103 Commentarii rerum memorabilium by Pope Pius II (1459?) 350 104 The English Brut chronicle (c. 1464-1470) 353 105 Remembering Joan in Orleans 354 Select bibliography 359 Index 363