Tag Archives: Joan of Arc

Loches at war: 1359

Posted on February 2, 2011 by Jim McNeill

The last French campaign of the 100 Years War of Edward III was between 1359-60. Once more the Loire Valley and the Touraine were pivotal regarding victory or defeat. As I mentioned in an earlier blog Gascony is the area … Continue reading →

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How the Jack of Hearts was trumped by Joan of Arc

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Jim McNeill

Over the past few weeks I’ve been doing background reading on Joan of Arc. In doing so I unearthed the following interesting story…. One of the leading military figures who fought with Joan during the Loire Campaign of 1429 was … Continue reading →

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Joan of Arc – why start blogging on about Joan?

Posted on November 22, 2010 by Jim McNeill

So, another blog about Joan of Arc, when there is so much on the web…in fact there are pages and pages and pages about her…. On the whole,though, existing web sites and blogs deal with straight forward historical reportage of … Continue reading →

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