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Hundred Years' War: Joan of Arc unsuccessfully besieges La Charité.
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Hundred Years' War
Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453
The Hundred Years' War was a conflict between the kingdoms of England and France and a civil war in France during the Late Middle Ages. It emerged from feudal disputes over the Duchy of Aquitaine and was triggered by a claim to the French throne made by Edward III of England.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Joan of Arc
French folk heroine and saint (1412–1431)
Joan of Arc is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be acting under divine guidance, she became a…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Siege of La Charité
1423 battle of the Armagnac–Burgundian Civil War
The siege of La Charité was incited by the order of Charles VII to Joan of Arc after the warlord Perrinet Gressard seized the town in 1423.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)