Anne Boleyn. Her Life as told by Lancelot de Carle's 1536 Letter.
In 1536, two weeks after the execution of Anne Boleyn, her brother George and four others, Lancelot du Carle, wrote an extraordinary letter that described Anne's life, and her trial and execution, to which he was a witness. This book presents a new translation of that letter, with additional material from other contemporary sources such as Letters, Hall's and Wriothesley's Chronicles, the pamphlets of Wynkyn the Worde, the Memorial of George Constantyne, the Portuguese Letter and the Baga de Secrets, all of which are provided in Appendices.
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1429 Joan of Arc meets Charles VII at Chinon
1429 Joan of Arc and Charles VII meet at Loches
1429 Battle of Meung sur Loire
1429 Coronation of Charles VII of France
Around 6th January 1412 Joan of Arc was born at Domrémy.
Around 8th March 1429 Joan of Arc [aged 17] met with Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 26] at Chinon Castle [Map]. Their first meeting.
On 8th May 1429 Joan of Arc [aged 17] led the French army to successfully relieve the Siege of Orléans.
On 11th May 1429 following her success at Orléans Joan of Arc [aged 17] met Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 26] at the Royal Lodge, Loches where she persuaded him to be crowned at Reims Cathedral.
On 11th June 1429 Joan of Arc [aged 17] and Jean Poton Xaintrailles [aged 39] fought at Jargeau, Loiret during the Battle of Jargeau. Alexander Pole was killed. William "Jackanapes" de la Pole 1st Duke of Suffolk [aged 32] surrendered.
On 15th June 1429 Joan of Arc [aged 17] and Jean Poton Xaintrailles [aged 39] fought at Meung-sur-Loire, Loiret during the Battle of Meung sur Loire capturing the bridge over the Loire.
On 17th June 1429 Joan of Arc [aged 17] and Jean Poton Xaintrailles [aged 39] fought in the Battle of Beaugency at Loiret.
On 18th June 1429 the Battle of Patay was the final engagement of the Loire Campaign of the Hundred Years War. The French forces commanded by Joan of Arc [aged 17], Étienne Vignolles "La Hire" and Jean Poton Xaintrailles [aged 39] defeated an English force of 5000. The English lost around 2000 men with Thomas Scales 7th Baron Scales [aged 32], Thomas Rempston [aged 40], and John "Old Talbot" Talbot 1st Earl of Shrewsbury [aged 46] being captured. John Fastolf [aged 49] fought.
On 17th July 1429 Charles "Victorious" VII King France [aged 26] was crowned at Reims Cathedral by Cardinal Regnault de Chartres [aged 49] with Joan of Arc [aged 17] present.
Guy 14th de Laval Count [aged 23], who was present, was created Count Laval.
On 23rd May 1430 Joan of Arc [aged 18] was captured during the Siege of Compiègne. John Luxemburg II Count Ligny [aged 38] commanded the rear-guard. Philip "Good" Valois III Duke Burgundy [aged 33] fought.
After 23rd May 1430 Joan of Arc [aged 18] was imprisoned at Beaurevoir Castle, Beaurevoir.
On 9th January 1431 Joan of Arc [aged 19] was tried at Rouen Castle [Map]. John Lancaster 1st Duke Bedford [aged 41] and Henry Beauchamp 1st Duke Warwick [aged 5] were present.
On 30th May 1431 Joan of Arc [aged 19] was burned at the stake witnessed by Cardinal Henry Beaufort [aged 56] at the Old Market Place, Rouen [Map].
Chronicle of Gregory. 23 May 1431. Ande the xxiij day of May the Pusylle [aged 19] was brent at Rone [Map], and that was a pon Corpus Crysty evyn. [Note. The date here one week out; should be 30th May 1431]
1630. Peter Paul Rubens [aged 52]. "Joan of Arc".
Vesta Monumenta. 1780. Plate 2.38. Fountain dedicated to the memory of Joan of Arc in Rouen, France [Map], Normandy. The fountain was erected in 1525 at what was believed to be the site of Joan's execution in 1431. Engraving by James Basire Sr. [aged 50] after a drawing made in France, possibly by Louis-Jean Allais, under the direction of Jean-Baptiste Descamps.
1863. John Everett Millais 1st Baronet [aged 33]. "Joan of Arc".
1881. Dante Gabriel Rossetti [aged 52]. Joan of Arc. Model Jane Morris nee Burden [aged 41].
1903. Albert Lynch [aged 42]. "Joan of Arc".
In December 1981 the video for the song Maid of Orleans (The Waltz Joan of Arc) by the band Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark was filmed at Brimham Rocks, North Yorkshire and Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire [Map] (at 15 seconds, 1 minute 48 seconds and 2 minutes 46 seconds). Julia Tobin [aged 26] played Joan of Arc.
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Jean de Waurin's Chronicle of England Volume 6 Books 3-6: The Wars of the Roses
Jean de Waurin was a French Chronicler, from the Artois region, who was born around 1400, and died around 1474. Waurin’s Chronicle of England, Volume 6, covering the period 1450 to 1471, from which we have selected and translated Chapters relating to the Wars of the Roses, provides a vivid, original, contemporary description of key events some of which he witnessed first-hand, some of which he was told by the key people involved with whom Waurin had a personal relationship.
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Charles-Amable Lenoir. "Joan of Arc".