Links to Selected Letters in the Joan of Arc Archive's Collection of Letters of Joan of Arc (March 1429 to March 1430)

(The Joan of Arc Archive is a site maintained by Allen Williamson.  Translations are by Allen Williamson.

chioncastle

The Castle at Chinon, France



c. March 22, 1429

 "Letter to the English"and addressed to the Duke of Bedford and other English leaders. (Text appears in Condemnation Trial transcript.)

 Late March or Early April, 1429

Letter sent to the clergy at Ste-Catherine-de-Fierbois (dictated at Chinon).

April 30, 1429

 Letter to the English (dictated at Orléans).

May 5, 1429

 Letter to the English (dictated at Orléans and fired by an archer to the English troops within Les Tourelles).

June 1429

Letter to the Duke of Burgundy requesting his attendance at the coronation of Charles VII.

June 25, 1429

 Letter to the citizens of Tournai (dictated at Gien) announcing her victories.

July 4, 1429

Letter to the citizens of Troyes (dictated at St. Phal) urging them to support Charles VII..

July 17, 1429

Letter to the Duke of Burgundy (dictated at Rheims) urging him to reach a peace agreement with Charles VII.

August 5, 1429

Letter to the citizens of Rheims announcing a truce with Burgundy.

March 16, 1430
  Letter to the citizens of Rheims urging them to stand strong if a siege of the city is undertaken.

March 23, 1430

Letter to the Hussites (addressed as "the heretics of Bohemia") in which Joan warns that she will lead an army against them unless they return to the true Catholic faith.

March 28, 1430

Letter to the citizens of Rheims (dictated at Sully).



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