2015/04/01 by Aleksandr Lobanov · 1 citation
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paper · doi:10.1093/ehr/cev044
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By the end of 1429 the Lancastrian kingdom of France was facing a major political crisis, triggered by the defeats at Orléans in early May and at Jargeau and Patay in mid-June. These were followed in July and August by the coronation campaign of Charles VII, which won the key cities of Champagne and the Laonnois from obedience to Henry VI. However, all was not lost. Although the Valois took a number of important locations in Normandy, the English still retained control over this duchy as well as over Paris. Indeed the French capital had shown its will to resist by successfully repulsing Joan of Arc’s assault on 8 September. After Charles VII disbanded his forces in mid-September 1429, the Lancastrian government in France had to consider measures to negate these enemy successes. Territorial losses had been considerable, but a greater blow to the reputation of the regime had been the coronation of Charles VII in the cathedral of Reims on 17 July 1429, since this could be regarded as evidence of divine support for the Valois cause. This was why the coronation of Henry VI in France, in spite of his tender age, became a priority: it was hoped that the presence of the young king in his French kingdom would assist in reversing the losses of 1429.1