Henry V. of England, his position in France in 1420, 1, 39
Henry VI. of England, 100, 137
Herrings, the battle of the, 44
Hilaire, John, burgher of Orleans, 273
Hire, La, 40;
persuaded to break off swearing by Joan of Arc, 46;
assists in the attack on the Tournelles, 62;
leads the van at the battle of Patay, 80;
accompanies Charles VII. to Rheims, 85
Holinshed, English writer, 299
Hordal, John, descendant of the Arc family, 291
Houppeville, Nicolas de, doctor of theology, 278
Hue, Peter, burgher of Orleans, 273
Illiers, Florent d', 53
Ingres, his picture of Joan of Arc, 92
Inquisition, the, resolve to prosecute Joan of Arc as a sorceress and
idolatress, 130
Jacquard, playmate of Joan of Arc, 259
Jacquier, native of Domremy, 261
Jacquier, Guillot, 262
Joan of Arc, her birth and parentage, 3;
her amiable character, 5;
devotion to religious duties, 6;
first visions, 7;
her belief in their reality, 8;
interviews with Baudricourt, 11, 14;
visits Duke Charles of Lorraine, 17;
her popularity at Vaucouleurs, 18;
her equipment, 19;
sets out for Chinon, 20;
opposed by La Tremoille, 24;
arrival at Chinon, 25;
interview with the King, 26;
favourably impresses him, 29;
trains herself in military exercises, 30;
examined at Poitiers before the French Parliament, 32;
her mission sanctioned, 36;
prepares her standard, 37;
arrives at Blois, 46;
despatches a letter to the Duke of Bedford, 47;
her interview with Dunois before Orleans, 51;
enthusiastic entry into the city, 52;
summons the English to surrender, 53;
meets Dunois with the relieving forces, 55;
her first engagement, 57;
carries the Bastille des Augustins, 59;
prophesies she will be wounded, 60;
leads the attack on the Tournelles, 62;
wounded, 63;
rallies the wavering French, 64;
compels the English to raise the siege, 65;
returns to Chinon, 69;
urges Charles VII. to go to Rheims, 70;
leads the expedition on the Loire, 73;
storms and takes Jargeau, 75;
gains the battle of Patay, 80;
sets out for Rheims with Charles, 84;
the enforced halt before Troyes, 85;
expresses her fear of treachery, 89;
at the King's coronation in Rheims cathedral, 91;
her military talents, 94;
her humane conduct in war, 96;
ennobled by Charles, 98;
advises the latter to march on Paris, 101;
writes to the Duke of Burgundy for assistance, 102;
resolves to attempt to take Paris, 107;
her impetuous onslaught, 109;
again wounded, 110;
deposits her armour and arms in the fane of Saint Denis, 113;
assaults and captures the fortress of Saint Pierre-le-Moutier, 115;
fails to take La Charite, 117;
her simplicity and freedom from egotism, _ib._;
captures an English freebooter and his band at Lagny, 120;
received with joy in Compiegne, 122;
attacks the Burgundians at Margny, 124;
driven back from Clairvoix, 124;
taken prisoner, 125;
removed to the castle of Beaulieu, in Picardy, 129;
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