The Maid and the Queen (52 page)

Charles VI manipulated by, 29, 32

and Charles VI’s marriage, 32

death of, 40

dowry demanded of Yolande of Aragon by, 20

duke of Orléans move against, 39

in military campaign against England, 34

in power during Charles VI’s insanity, 38–39, 40

rebellion in Flanders crushed by, 29

as regent, 29, 32, 34, 38

Philip the Good, duke of Burgundy,
206

in agreement to protect Paris from French, 149–50

in alliance with duke of Orléans and duke of Brittany, 225

in alliance with English, 83, 84, 196–97, 200, 202, 208

Antoine armed by, 194–95

in battle at Margny, 159

Cauchon promoted by, 167

Charles VI’s granting of power to, 40

Charles VII’s circle in talks with, 98, 150–51, 156–57, 189–90, 205–12, 218

Compiègne lost by, 170, 198

Congress of Arras hosted by, 208–12

duke of Austria’s war against, 196

duke of Orléans’s ransom paid by, 224–25

enrichment by war of, 198

as independent sovereign entity, 149

Joan interviewed by, 160, 166

Joan ransomed to English by, 170

Joan’s trial requested of, 166

Lorraine as stronghold of, 88

Louis XI crowned by, 248

made lieutenant general of France, 157

money demanded of English by, 198–99

in reconciliation with Charles VII, 205–8, 212–13

René as hostage of, 196, 197, 200

René in captivity of, 195–96, 197, 200, 205, 218–21

revenge for father’s death desired by, 83

Philip the Good (
Cont.
)

and separate peace with Charles VII, 146–47, 149, 200, 201, 204, 205–8

summoned by Cauchon, 168

in Triple Alliance, 90

troops sent to Paris by, 151–52

at war council, 99

Pizan, Christine de (chronicler), 255

on Agincourt, 56

on Charles, VI, 28

poetry, 6–7

John I on, xxi

Yolande of Bar’s love of, 6

Poitiers, 85, 120–22, 165, 176

Poitou, 8

Ponthieu, 207

Pontoise, 72, 213, 226

Poulengy, Bertrand de, 113

printing press, 14

prophecy, of Marie of Avignon, 92–93, 100, 107, 109, 121, 123

Provence, 71–72, 221, 227

rebellion in, 18–19

René’s land in, 220

revenue from, 24, 26, 161

Yolande of Aragon and Louis II’s estate in, 25–26, 47, 50, 52, 63, 73

quests, 7

ransom, 27, 162, 168

regency government, 34, 163, 170, 198, 204, 214, 233

Regnault de Chartres, archbishop of Reims, 88, 145, 155, 205

in attempt to free René, 219

Compiègne assisted by, 158, 190
n

at Congress of Arras, 208

on Joan’s pride, 161

Reims, 107, 114, 137–38, 144, 167, 191, 197, 204, 211, 243

René of Anjou, duke of Bar and Lorraine (son of Yolande of Aragon), 93,
193

Antoine’s battle with, 195

attack on Paris desired by, 152, 194

in battle at Champagne, 194, 195

birth of, 25

Burgundian threat to, 82

in captivity, 195–96, 197, 200, 205, 218–21, 222

Chappes seized by, 194, 195

Charles VII feasted by, 232–33

at Charles VII’s coronation, 145

Charles VII’s friendship with, 51, 82

declared duke of Lorraine, 205

inheritance of, 194, 218

Isabeau’s gift to, 48

Joan’s desire to use in war, 82–83, 109, 110, 115
n

Joan sent to Charles VII by, 110

Joan’s rehabilitation aided by, 217

literature and art loved by, 25, 51, 107, 218

made duke of Lorraine, 80–81

Metz battle won by, 233

Naples lost by, 226–27, 230

and negotiation of daughter’s engagement, 231–32

nursemaid of, 51

ransom of, 200, 205, 220–21, 224, 230, 232, 233

in Yolande of Aragon’s will, 228

rents, 26

Revelation of Saint John the Divine, 24

Rhône, 26

Richard, Brother, 123

Richard II, king of England, 20–21, 40, 53

Robert I, duke of Bar, 5, 6, 80

in battle at Champagne, 190

Rolin, Nicholas, 199, 200, 201–2, 207

Romance of Melusine, The
(Jean of Arras), xxi, 233

plot of, 9–13, 73

political relevance of, 8, 9, 73, 93, 161–62, 175, 222

popularity of, 14

Rome, 239

Rome, king of, 231

Rouen, 52, 54, 55, 58–59, 71, 167, 172, 234, 237, 239, 244, 246

castle at, 170

Joan’s trial records at, 187, 188–89

Old Market, 182, 246

uprising in, 64–65

Rouen, bishop of, 246

Russell, Jeffrey Burton, 175

Saint-Aignan, Isle of, 133

Saint-Denis, 19, 34, 86, 215

Saint-Denis, Monk of (chronicler), 22, 27

on birth of Charles VII, 34–35

on Charles VI’s insanity, 36, 38, 104

on Isabeau’s greed, 40

Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois, 112, 122

Sainte-Honoré gate, 152

Saint-Jacques gate, 213

Saint Matthew’s Day, 212

Saint-Maurice of Angers cathedral, 230

Saint-Omer, 202

Saint-Pol, count of, 223, 232, 233

Saint-Vaast abbey, 210, 212

Saladin, 34

Salisbury, earl of, 99, 103

salt, 26

Sardinia, 5

Saumur castle, 7, 63, 64, 72, 98, 101, 105, 161, 191, 223

Scotland, 84, 104, 105, 148

Scotland, king of, 105, 149, 168, 231, 248

secret prayer, 117–18

Seguin, Friar Pierre, 120

Selles-en-Berry, 138

Senlis, 66, 152, 158

Shakespeare, William, 52, 53–54

Sicily, kingdom of, 5, 17–18, 20, 231

Smith, John Holland, 79

Sologne, 123, 136

Somerset, earl of, 230, 234

Sorel, Agnes, 233

Spain, 104

Suffolk, earl of, 90, 91, 103, 126, 128, 139, 141

at Congress of Arras, 210

in embassy to Charles VII, 230–31

as French prisoner, 140–41

Sully-sur-Loire, 157, 189

Talbot, John, 128, 131, 132, 133, 141, 142, 234, 247

capture of, 143

Pontoise defended by, 226

Tarascon, 24

taxes, 25, 41, 45, 66, 193, 221

tennis ball anecdote, 53–54

theory of the double monarchy, 167, 211, 236

Toul, 95, 108

Toulouse, 230

Tourelles, 133

Touroulde, Marguerite la, 113

Tours, 97–98, 122, 231

Tours, Truce of, 231–32

Treaty of Arras, 217, 219, 222

Treaty of Troyes, 73, 84, 167

Tressard, Jean, 184, 187

Trèves, lady of, 121

Triple Alliance, 90, 98

troubadors, 6–7

Troyes, 144, 226, 244

Troyes, cathedral at, 84

Troyes, Treaty of, 73, 84, 167

Truce of Tours, 231–232

Turks, 238–239, 240

Ursins, Jean Juvenal des (chronicler), 22

Vale, M. G. A., 91, 114, 115
n,
118, 273

Valencia, 5, 16

Vatican Library, 238

Vaucouleurs, 78, 100, 102, 106, 108

Vendôme, count of, 102, 116, 139

captivity of, 162

Compiègne liberated by, 170, 190

at Congress of Arras, 208

at coronation of Charles VII, 145

in entrance into Paris, 214

Peronne battle won by, 190

Verdun, bishop of, 219–20

Vergy, Antoine de, René of Anjou defeated by, 101

Verneuil, battle of, 91–92, 98

Very Rich Hours of the Duke of Berry, The
, 24

Vienna, University of, 240

Vienne, Colet de, 106, 110, 112

Vignolles, Étienne de,
see
La Hire

Virgin Mary, 8

visionaries, 123

War of the Roses, 232

Warwick, earl of, 170, 178–79, 180, 182

Winchester, cardinal of, 145
n

women, as hidden in history, xviii

Wood, Charles T., 110, 261–62

Yolande (daughter of René of Anjou), 219

Yolande of Anjou (daughter of Yolande of Aragon), 25, 221

Yolande of Aragon, queen of Sicily:

as absent from Charles VII’s coronation, 145

allowance of, 24

army organized by, 103, 105, 106

as astute politician, xvii, 47, 60, 201, 232, 248–49

in attempt to free René, 219

Yolande of Aragon (
Cont.
)

birth of, 3

call for troops to oppose Henry V by, 66–67

Charles VII raised in home of, 48,
49,
50–52, 64, 70

Charles VII’s coronation pleasing to, 146–47

Charles VII’s council chaired by, 98

Charles VII’s flight from France feared by, 105

Charles VII’s induction ceremony and, 88

on Charles VII’s legitmacy, 104

Charles VII urged to see Joan by, 114–15

clothes of, 24–25

coup staged by, 101–3

death of, 227, 230, 248

disappointment in Charles, VII, 90, 92

in dispute over bishopric of Angers, 227–28

dowry of, 22, 24

duties of, 25–26

education of, 3, 16

engagement of, 17

as forgotten, xvii, 189, 248

happy marriage of, 23–24

influence over Congress of
Arras maintained by, 208, 271–72

Isabeau’s alliance with, 47, 60–61, 64

Joan’s captivity and, 161–62

Joan’s physical examination overseen by, 121

Joan’s rehabilitation aided by, 217

John the Fearless’s plot to murder, 61

kingdom of Aragon demanded for son by, 47

La Trémoïlle opposed by, 201

La Trémoïlle’s plot to overthrow, 202

La Trémoïlle taken prisoner by, 202–4

literature loved by, 7–8, 16, 25

Lorraine controlled by, 80, 81

Louis III installed as count by, 89

Margaret’s engagement negotiated by, 228

Marie’s engagement negotiated by, 47–48

marriage of Isabelle and count of Laval opposed by, 191–92, 193

in move to separate Philip the Good from English, 196–97

negotiations for marriage of, 19–20, 21–22

and negotiations with duke of Brittany, 191–92

peace conferences called by, 67, 71

peace with Philip the Good desired by, 98

and poetry festivals, 6–8

political education of, 16, 17, 33

ransom and, 27

relief of Orléans organized by, xvii, 106, 122, 123

religious views of, 8

René’s property protected by, 219–20

in retirement from court, 190–91

Richard II’s desire for marriage for, 20

The Romance of Melusine
and, 14, 15

on side of Armagnacs, 46

stained glass window of, 222,
229

strategy to reinstate dauphin, 73

Tours blocked to Charles by, 97–99

in travels around Provence, 72

vassals called to arms by, 90–91

wedding of, 22–23

will of, 228, 230

Yolande of Bar, queen of Aragon, 79

compromises between crown and representatives effected by, 16–17

hunting loved by, 6

reading loved by, 6

retention of crown desired by, 21

wedding of, 5, 6

Zaragoza, castle of, 20, 21, 22