The British nation a history / by George MWrong . .<^.: FRANCE at the time ofJoan olAre^ 1-129. /v^ ENGLISH TERRITORY TERRITORY,, r 1 I S H C. upon 1ier as the lioroine wlio first quickonod the nationalspirit of France. The power of this simple jieasant crirlAvas mainly in her confidence that the cause of Charles VIIwas the cause of God, and that the French, to defeat theirfoes, needed only bravely to face them. She went to Or-leans determined to raise the siege, managed to enter thebeleaguered city, appeared in armour on one of the towers,and frightened and soon checked the assailants. The
The British nation a history / by George MWrong . .<^.: FRANCE at the time ofJoan olAre^ 1-129. /v^ ENGLISH TERRITORY TERRITORY,, r 1 I S H C. upon 1ier as the lioroine wlio first quickonod the nationalspirit of France. The power of this simple jieasant crirlAvas mainly in her confidence that the cause of Charles VIIwas the cause of God, and that the French, to defeat theirfoes, needed only bravely to face them. She went to Or-leans determined to raise the siege, managed to enter thebeleaguered city, appeared in armour on one of the towers,and frightened and soon checked the assailants. The Eng-lish, forced soon to retire from before Orleans, declared her A CENTURY OF CIVIL AND FOREIGN WAR 213 a witch, whose encliantments defeated their phiiis; theFrench, too, believed that unseen forces were on their English cause grew weaker also in the north ; CharlesVII was soon crowned at Rheims, in the centre of the English influence, but he was dull and irreso-^™s of Joan i^^^g^ ^^^ followed no firm plan. Joan fell into English hands, and on May 30, 1431, itseemed as if the disaster at Orleans had been avengedAvhen, after a
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