“After the Coronation IT WOULD SEEM that a grateful Charles would have given the woman who was responsible for his coronation anything she wanted. But he was reluctant to wage war and particularly susceptible to the advice of de la Trémoille, who strongly favored a diplomatic solution. At the very time that Joan had no desire but to press forward for Paris, Charles was negotiating a truce with the duke of Burgundy, which was to last for fifteen days. Joan was suspicious of this truce, and rightl...y so. Burgundy never had any intention of giving Paris over to Charles; he had merely gained a crucial two weeks for himself, allowing the English to prepare to fight against Charles’s army. The duke of Bedford, the English regent in France, having plenty of time to prepare, seems to have wanted to challenge the French. He addressed an insulting letter to Charles on August 7, denying his legitimacy, accusing him of the murder of John the Fearless, and calling Joan “that disorderly woman dressed as a man.”1 But neither the French nor the English seemed really to want to fight, and not much of consequence happened in this period, except that de la Trémoille fell off his horse and was nearly taken prisoner because he was so heavy he couldn’t get himself up off the ground.MoreLessRead More Read Less
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