Ontario High School History of England . lity, some of whom thoughttheir right to the throne betterthan his own ? Jeanne dArc.—The tragedy ofHenry VI can be briefly uncle John, Duke of Bedford,tried to carry on the war of con-quest in France, and for a time heseemed to prosper. The mad oldking was now dead, and, thoughhis son, Charles VII, fought for histhrone, by 1428 Bedford had thelast French force shut up inOrleans. To gain this placewould mean final victory. Butthe French, taught by the miseriesof defeat, needed only an inspiringleader to throw off the Englishyoke; and a girl cam
Ontario High School History of England . lity, some of whom thoughttheir right to the throne betterthan his own ? Jeanne dArc.—The tragedy ofHenry VI can be briefly uncle John, Duke of Bedford,tried to carry on the war of con-quest in France, and for a time heseemed to prosper. The mad oldking was now dead, and, thoughhis son, Charles VII, fought for histhrone, by 1428 Bedford had thelast French force shut up inOrleans. To gain this placewould mean final victory. Butthe French, taught by the miseriesof defeat, needed only an inspiringleader to throw off the Englishyoke; and a girl came forward to play this part. JeannedArc, the daughter of a peasant, sprang from a class whichhad good reason to hate the English. From childhood shehad heard tales of the cruel invaders and of the yoke laidby them upon France, and these troubles filled her with apassionate desire to free her country. God, she thought,called her, by certain mysterious voices, to go forth and leadthe armies of France to victory, until the king should be. Jeanne dArc (1411J-1431) 150 HISTORY OF ENGLAND crowned in the old capital, Rheims, which must be takenfrom the English. Of course Jeanne was laughed at. rTomakQ a girl of seventeen leader of the French army seamedwholly absurd. At last, however, Jeanne saw the king.
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