Chapter 20

HENRY VI. AND THE LOSS OF FRANCE. 1422-1451.

1. Bedford and Gloucester. 1422 307

2. Bedford's Success in France. 1423-1424 307

3. Gloucester's Invasion of Hainault. 1424 308

4. Gloucester and Beaufort. 1425-1428 308

5. The Siege of Orleans. 1428-1429 309

6. Jeanne Darc and the Relief of Orleans. 1429 310

7. The Coronation of Charles VII. and the Capture of the Maid. 1429-1430 311

8. The Martyrdom at Rouen. 1431 312

9. The Last Years of the Duke of Bedford. 1431-1435 312

10. The Defection of Burgundy. 1435 313

11. The Duke of York in France. 1436-1437 313

12. The English Lose Ground. 1437-1443 313

13. Continued Rivalry of Beaufort and Gloucester. 1439-1441 314

14. Beaufort and Somerset. 1442-1443 317

15. The Angevin Marriage Treaty. 1444-1445 317

16. Deaths of Gloucester and Beaufort. 1447 318

17. The Loss of the French Provinces. 1448-1449 318