Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France / Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in the Original Documents

by Unknown

CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE OF PRINCIPAL EVENTS IN THE LIFE OF JEANNE D’ARC.

1411–12.	January 6th	Birth at Domremy.
1424 (?).	Summer	First visions.
		Sojourn at Neufchâteau.
1428.		Call to mission in France.
	May	Visit to Vaucouleurs (?), May 13th; Ascension Day.
1428–9.	February	Second visit to Vaucouleurs.
		Visit to Duke of Lorraine.
		Pilgrimage to Saint Nicolas.
	February 12th	Battle of the Herrings.
	February 13th (First Sunday in Lent)	Return to Vaucouleurs.
	February 23rd, Wednesday	Departure from Vaucouleurs, with Jean de Metz and others.
	March 5th, Saturday	Fierbois.
	March 6th, Sunday	Arrival at Chinon.
	March 8th, Tuesday	Interview with the King.
	March 22nd, Tuesday in Holy Week.	First letter to the English.
1429.	March 27th, Easter Day.
Note.—The year, in the fifteenth century, is computed from Easter.
	April	Stay at Tours. Household appointed. Banner painted.
		Joins the army at Blois.
	April 27th, Wednesday (?)	Start for Orleans.
	April 29th, Friday	Arrival at Orleans.
	May 4th, Wednesday	Fort of Saint Loup taken.
	May 5th,	Ascension Day Third letter to the English.
	May 6th, Friday	Fort of the Augustins taken.
	May 7th, Saturday	Jeanne wounded.
	May 8th, Sunday	Siege of Orleans raised.
	May 10th, Tuesday	Leaves for Blois.
	May 12th, Thursday	Tours.
	May 13th, Friday	Meeting with King Charles.
	May 23rd, Monday	Loches.
	June 2nd, Thursday	Selles: grant of arms to Jeanne and her family.
	[June 6th, Monday	Selles: Incident of the horse.]
	June 9th, Thursday	Return to Orleans.
	June 11–12th	Siege of Jargeau.
	June 14th	Attack on Meung.
1429.	June 16th	Siege of Beaugency.
	June 17th, Friday	Arrival of the Constable of France.
	June 18th, Saturday	Battle of Patay.
	June 19th, Sunday	Return to Orleans.
	June 24th, Friday	Jeanne encamps at Gien.
	June 29th, Wednesday	Start for Rheims.
	July 1st, Friday	Arrival before Auxerre.
	July 5th, Tuesday	Arrival before Troyes.
	July	Meeting with Brother Richard.
	July 9th, Saturday	Surrender of Troyes.
	July 10th, Sunday	Entry into Troyes.
	July 12th, Tuesday	Departure from Troyes.
	July 14th, Thursday	Chalons.
	July 15th, Friday	Departure from Chalons.
	July 16th, Saturday	Charles enters Rheims.
	July 17th, Sunday	Coronation of Charles.
	July 21st, Thursday	Charles touches for “the Evil” at Saint Marcoul.
	July 22nd, Friday	Charles receives keys of Soissons and Laon at Vailly,
	July 23rd, Saturday	and of four other towns.
	July 29th, Friday	Skirmish at Château Thierry.
	August 4th, Thursday	Charles signs fifteen days’ truce with the Duke of Burgundy.
	August 13th, Saturday	Skirmish at Dammartin.
	August 18th, Thursday	Compiègne entered.
	August	Senlis and Beauvais surrender; flight of Bishop.
	August 23rd, Tuesday	Jeanne leaves Compiègne for Saint Denis; letter from the Count of Armagnac received when starting.
	August 26th, Friday	Jeanne at Saint Denis.
	August 28th, Sunday	Secret treaty of Charles VII. with the Duke of Burgundy, to Christmas.
	September 8th, Thursday (Nativity B.V.M.)	Attack on Paris. Jeanne wounded.
	September 10th, Saturday	Retreat ordered by Charles.
	September	Jeanne’s armour hung up in the church at Saint Denis.
	September 13th, Tuesday	Charles leaves Saint Denis.
	September 18th, Sunday	Second treaty of Charles VII. With the Duke of Burgundy.
	October	Jeanne at Bourges.
	November	Saint Pierre-le-Moustier assailed and taken.
	November 9th, Wednesday	Siege of La Charité.
	November	Truce with Burgundy till Easter.
1429–30.	December January February	Passed in visiting the towns she had freed. Orleans visited for the last time on January 19th.
	March 3rd	At Sully with the King.
		Leaves Sully, accompanied by D’Aulon and Pasquerel, and goes to Lagny.
	April	Franquet d’Arras taken and executed at Lagny.
		Alleged miracle.
1430.	April 16th, Easter day
	April Easter-tide	Melun—warning of capture.
	April 23rd, Sunday	Henry VI. lands at Calais.
	May 13th, Saturday	Jeanne at Compiègne (Archbishop of Rheims then in the city). During this month she visits Senlis, Soissons, and other towns.
	May	Jeanne repulsed on the Oise whilst trying to relieve Choisy, then besieged by the Duke of Burgundy.
		Jeanne in Compiègne; prediction in the church of Saint Jacques.
	May 22nd, Monday.	Jeanne goes to Crespy for reinforcements.
	May 23rd, Tuesday	Jeanne’s return to Compiègne, and capture. Letter of Duke of Burgundy to the people of Saint-Quentin, announcing the capture.
	May 25th, Ascension Day	News of capture reaches Paris.
	May	Jeanne a prisoner for several days at Marigny.
	May	In prison at Beaulieu.
1430.	June 6th	At Noyon.
	July 14th, Friday	Cauchon’s mission to the Duke of Burgundy.
	July 29th, Saturday	Henry VI. arrives at Rouen.
	August	In prison at Beaurevoir.
	October	Leap from the Tower of Beaurevoir.
		Prophecy of the relief of Compiègne “before Martinmas.”
	October 25th	Relief of Compiègne.
	Nov. (about the middle)	Jeanne sold by Jean de Luxembourg.
		Jeanne taken to Arras, then Crotoy.
	December (late)	Brought to Rouen.
1430–1.	January 3rd, Wednesday	Order of surrender of Jeanne as “suspect of heresy,” from Henry VI. To the Judges.
I. Cause de Lapse.
Trial Ex Officio.
	January 9th, Tuesday	First day of the Trial. Preliminary meeting in the Bishop’s house. Appointment of officers.
	January 13th, Saturday	First consultation of the Bishop with the Doctors; the result of the Domremy enquiry discussed (?) Articles of Accusation to be prepared.
	January 23rd, Tuesday	Second consultation with the six Doctors. Articles approved. Delafontaine appointed to make further enquiries.
	February 13th–17th, Tuesday-Saturday	Officers make oath of fidelity.
1430–1.	February 19th, Monday	Consultation of the Bishop with twelve Doctors. Decision that the Case shall be proceeded with, and the Inquisitor or his Deputy invited to attend. The Deputy Inquisitor, being summoned, pleads inability.
	February 20th, Tuesday	The Deputy Inquisitor again appears, but still refuses to act as Judge without Commission from his Superior. It is decided to write to the Chief Inquisitor. Jeanne is cited to appear the next day.
	February 21st, Wednesday	First Public Examination, in the Chapel-Royal. Jeanne’s guardians appointed from the King’s Body Guard. (42 Assessors.)
	February 22nd, Thursday	Second Public Examination, in the Ornament Room. The Deputy Inquisitor declares his assent to the Trial. Beaupère charged with the examination. (48 Assessors.)
	February 24th, Saturday	Third Public Examination, in the Ornament Room. (52 Assessors.)
	February 27th, Tuesday	Fourth Public Examination, in the Ornament Room. (54 Assessors.)
	March 1st, Thursday	Fifth Public Examination, in the Ornament Room. (58 Assessors.)
	March 3rd, Saturday	Sixth Public Examination, in the Ornament Room. (41 Assessors.)
		The Bishop decides to continue the Examination privately.
	March 4th–9th, Sunday-Friday	The Examinations are considered by the Bishop and some of the Doctors, and it is decided to question Jeanne on sundry doubtful points.
	March 10th, Saturday	First Private Examination, in prison, conducted by Delafontaine, assisted by two Assessors and two witnesses.
	March 12th, Monday	Second Private Examination, in prison, in the morning.
		Third Private Examination, in prison, in the afternoon, the Bishop not present.
		In the Bishop’s house, on the same day, the letter from the Inquisitor, appointing his Vicar to act as his Deputy, is read; and the Vicar is appointed to act as Judge.
	March 13th, Tuesday	The Vicar joins with the Bishop and appoints his officers.
		Fourth Private Examination,—the first at which the Inquisitor is present as Judge.
	March 14th, Wednesday.	Fifth Private Examination, in prison, in the morning.
		Sixth Private Examination, in prison, in the afternoon.
1430–1.	March 15th, Thursday	Seventh Private Examination in prison.
	March 17th, Saturday	Eighth Private Examination, in prison, in the morning.
		Ninth Private Examination, in prison, in the afternoon.
	March 18th, Passion Sunday	Consultation of the Bishop with twelve Assessors, in the Bishop’s house. They adjourn till March 22nd, to deliberate over the examinations already held.
	March 22nd, Thursday	Consultation at the Bishop’s house. Résumé of the answers of Jeanne read to twenty-two Assessors.
	March 24th, Saturday	The Judges, Delafontaine, and six Assessors visit Jeanne in prison, and the examinations are read over to her in French by Manchon.
	March 25th, Palm Sunday	The Bishop and four Assessors visit Jeanne in prison.
		The complete papers of the Process ex officio are given to the Promoter that he may prepare the Articles of Accusation for the Trial in Ordinary.
	March 26th, Monday	At a meeting at the Bishop’s house, twelve Assessors and the two Judges being present, it is decided to proceed on the following day to the Trial in Ordinary, to be conducted by the Promoter.
Trial in Ordinary.
1430–1.	March 27th, Tuesday	Solemn sitting in the Great Hall of the Castle; the two Judges and 38 Assessors present. The Act of Accusation, in Seventy Articles, is produced by the Promoter, and read to Jeanne by Thomas de Courcelles. Questions are put to her on each Article.
	March 28th, Wednesday.	The same continued—35 Assessors present.
	March 31st, Easter Eve.	The Judges and 9 Assessors visit Jeanne in prison, to question her on sundry points upon which she had asked for delay.
1431.	April 1st, Easter Day.
	April 2nd–4th, Monday-Wednesday	The Judges and certain of the Assessors employ themselves in reducing the Seventy Articles to Twelve; these are finally drawn up by Nicholas Midi.
	April 5th, Thursday	The Twelve Articles are sent to the Assessors for their opinion, which they are asked to send in by April 10th.
	April 12th, Thursday	Consultation of 22 Assessors, who decide that Jeanne must be condemned.
		During the following week many other opinions, all more or less in accordance with this, are sent in.
	April 18th, Wednesday	Jeanne is ill. The two Judges and 7 Assessors visit her in prison; and the Bishop addresses to her a charitable exhortation.
	April 19th, Thursday	The Twelve Articles are sent to the University of Paris.
	(May 14th)	These are discussed in full assembly on April 29th; then by the Faculties of Theology and Decrees, separately; and finally, the Resolutions of these Faculties are adopted by the University and forwarded to Rouen.
	May 2nd, Wednesday	Solemn assembly in the Ornament Room; the two Judges and 63 Assessors present. Jeanne is summoned and admonished by the Bishop; and a solemn preachment is made to her by the Archdeacon of Eu.
	May 9th, Wednesday	The Judges and 9 Assessors summon Jeanne to the Torture Chamber in the Great Tower, and threaten her with torture.
	May 10th, Ascension Day.
	May 12th, Saturday	Consultation in the Bishop’s house; the Judges and 12 Assessors present. It is decided not to torture Jeanne.
	May 19th, Saturday	Solemn assembly in the Chapel of the Archiepiscopal Manor—51 Assessors present. The Resolutions of the University of Paris are read, and the opinions of the Assessors taken.
	May 23rd, Wednesday	Solemn meeting in a room near the prison. The Judges and 7 Assessors are accompanied by the Bishops of Noyon and Thérouanne. Jeanne is summoned, and solemnly admonished by Pierre Maurice. The Final Sentence is appointed for the next day.
	May 24th, Thursday	Public assembly in the Cemetery of St. Ouen; the Cardinal of England and the Bishop of Norwich present. Exhortation from Érard. Abjuration of Jeanne. Sentence of perpetual imprisonment. In the afternoon, the Deputy Inquisitor and sundry Assessors visit Jeanne in prison.
II. Cause de Relapse.
	May 28th, Monday	The Judges and 4 Assessors visit Jeanne in prison, having been informed of her relapse.
	May 29th, Tuesday	Solemn meeting in the Chapel of the Archiepiscopal Manor, 40 Assessors present. Consultation on the relapse of Jeanne. Decision of the Assessors that she must be delivered up to the secular arm as a relapsed heretic.
	May 30th, Wednesday	Massieu delivers the order of execution to Jeanne. Visit of sundry Assessors and of the Bishop to the prison.
		Jeanne receives the Holy Communion. Final Exhortation from Nicholas Midi at the public assembly in the Old Market Place. Sentence pronounced against Jeanne. Her Death.
	June 7th, Wednesday	Information taken after the death of Jeanne by certain persons who visited her in prison on May 30th.
	June 8th, Thursday	(1) Letter from the King, Henry VI., to the Emperor, announcing the trial, sentence, and execution of Jeanne.
	June 12th, Monday	Letter of Guarantee for those concerned in the Trial, from Henry VI.
	June 28th. (2)	Letter from Henry VI. to the same effect as (1), to prelates and nobles.
		Letter of the University of Paris to the Pope.
	August 8th	Sentence pronounced against a monk who had spoken ill of the Judges.

FRANCE, 1429–1431
to illustrate
THE LIFE OF JEANNE D’ARC
Route followed by Jeanne d’Arc——
Stanford’s Geog^l Estab^t. London.