Joan of Arc: Letter to King Henry VI of England

A Student’s Guide to Essential Primary Sources
Table of Contents
Joan of Arc:Letter to King Henry VI of England
Overview
Document Text
https://doi.org/10.3735/9781961844025.book-part-016

  You don't have access to this content. Please try to log in with your institution. Sign In

Abstract

Joan of Arc was born to a peasant family in a village called Domrémy in northeastern France in 1412. She was raised in a religious household and, at the age of twelve, claimed to have had the first of many recurring visions. She told her astonished family members that an angel had directed her to lead the beleaguered French in their ongoing conflict with the English, and that she had been ordered by God to retake her homeland from English occupation. At the time of Joan’s vision, much of France was under the control of the English and their Burgundian allies after repeated French defeats in the Hundred Year’s War; Henry VI, still a child, had inherited the title of king of England and France in 1422 as a result of the Treaty of Troyes two years earlier.

Contents