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The seemingly hopeless French cause fell into the

hands of Charles the dauphin (heir to the throne), the

son of Charles VI. The dauphin (DOH-fen) governed

the southern two-thirds of French lands from Bourges.

Weak and timid, Charles was unable to rally the French

against the English, who in 1428 had turned south and

were besieging the city of Orleans to gain access to the

valley of the Loire. The French monarch was saved,

quite unexpectedly, by a French peasant woman.

JOAN OF ARC Joan of Arc was born in 1412 to well-to-

do peasants in the village of Domremy in Champagne.

Deeply religious, Joan experienced visions and came to

believe that her favorite saints had commanded her to

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Route taken by Joan of Arc, 1429–1431
Site and date of important battle
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Site and date of important battle
Lands ceded to Edward III of England
Domain of king of France, 1360
Lands held by relatives of the king of France
Other territories held by the king of France
France in the Mid-Fourteenth Century
MAP 11.2The Hundred Years’ War.This long, exhausting struggle began in 1337 and dragged
on until 1453. The English initially gained substantial French territory, but in the later phases of the
war, France turned the tide, eventually expelling the English from all continental lands except the
port of Calais.
Q What gains had the English made by 1429, and how did they correlate to proximity
to England and the ocean?
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