Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . h princess, the regency of France, and apromise of the crown at the death of the French king. Henry diedbefore the French king, and the claim to the French crown descendedto the infant ruler of England. 3. Henry VI. 1422-1461 100. The Hundred Tears War comes to an end.—The infant son of Henry V was crowned in England, and,after the death of the French king, in France also. Thewar against Charles VII, the son of the late king, went onunder the command
Ontario Public School History of England : Authorized by the Minister of Education for Ontario for Use in Forms IV and V of the Public Schools . h princess, the regency of France, and apromise of the crown at the death of the French king. Henry diedbefore the French king, and the claim to the French crown descendedto the infant ruler of England. 3. Henry VI. 1422-1461 100. The Hundred Tears War comes to an end.—The infant son of Henry V was crowned in England, and,after the death of the French king, in France also. Thewar against Charles VII, the son of the late king, went onunder the command of a brave and capable man, the Duke 1428] YORK AND LANCASTER 101 of Bedford, uncle of the young king. The French werediscouraged, and made little resistance as the English armymarched south from Paris, capturing town after the English and their allies, the Burgundians, cameto the city of Orleans on the Loire. If this city fell,the cause of France would be lost. But help came from an unexpected source. If the Frenchsoldiers could be inspired with confidence in themselvesthey might yet win. The inspiration came to them rsn c. SPAIN >4A, ,.^ ., ^ , Frknch Territory held by the English in 1429 through a little peasant girl of Domremy in Lorraine,named Joan of Arc (Jeanne dArc). When Joan, in the remote village where she lived, heardthe horrible tales of destruction wrought by the English,and when she saw that no one was able to lead theFrench against them, it seemed to her that she waschosen by God to deliver her country. As she thoughtabout it more and more, she believed angels came toher, saying, Go, Joan, and save the king! Lead himto Rheims to be crowned and anointed I There was an 102 HISTORY OF ENGLAND [1429 old prophecy of which Joan had heard—that a maidenof Lorraine should save the kingdom. And she believedthat she was the maiden. At last, when her native village had been destroyed by theBurgundians, she made her way to the French kings the
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