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King Louis VI of France (1120 - 1180) had several children with his second wife, Adélaide of Maurienne. Their eldest, Philip (1116 - 1131) w...

Many years ago, I posted how Clovis I (c.466 - 511) was the first king of the Franks to be converted to Christianity, influenced by his Chri...

Gilles, the Baron de Rais (c.1405 - 26 October 1440) was a French leader during the Hundred Years War. In 1429 he was made the Marshal of Fr...

Jeanne d'Arc had four siblings. Although Charles VII ennobled the family after her help getting him crowned, the family did not disting...

Isabelle Romée (1377 - 1458) grew up in Vouthon-Bas and move to Domrémy when she married Jacques d'Arc , a wealthy farmer who had inheri...

Often in history a figure comes out of nowhere who has a big effect on the world stage, yet we know nothing of their background. In the case...

One of the problems the authorities had with Jeanne d'Arc after her capture and during her trial was her insistence, from the start of...

After she was captured by the French Burgundians and handed over to the English, Jeanne d'Arc was taken to Rouen (the center of the En...

Jeanne d'Arc had accomplished the chief mission of her visions, putting Charles VII on the Throne of France through her military suppo...

The goal and prediction of Jeanne d'Arc was that she would lift the Siege of Orléans and get the Dauphin crowned as King Charles VII of...

After the siege of Orléans was lifted thanks to Jeanne d'Arc's motivation and inspiration, she insisted there push on to Reims, the...

The historical figure we call Joan of Arc was born Jeanne d'Arc c.1412 in northeast France. During a crucial time in the Hundred Years ...

About the year 1412, on (tradition claims) the Feast of the Epiphany, 6 January, a girl was born to a peasant family in northeast France, in...

When Charles VI died in October 1422, the Treaty of Troyes determined that the Crown would pass to Henry V of England or his successor. Henr...

Charles was born on 22 February 1403, the third "Charles" of his father's sons. His father was King Charles VI, and had a son ...

One of the last written works by Christine de Pizan was the poem Ditié de Jehanne d'Arc ("The Tale of Joan of Arc"), publish...

Christine de Pizan (1364 - c.1430) was considered the first professional woman of letters in Europe, first writing after the death of her h...

Although Heloise d'Argenteuil was noted for their education and intellect, her situation was not unique. Many young girls were sent to ...

The title of this blog post is almost "literal" in the sense that the Roman de la Rose was written in two parts: one by Guillaume ...

Let's talk about the most popular secular literary work in the Middle Ages. More manuscripts have survived of the Roman de la Rose  than...

The story of Abelard and Heloise —revealed through their own writings and love letters—have intrigued people since the 12th century. They n...

The relationship of Abelard and Heloise was not only one of the great (true) "forbidden love" stories of the Middle Ages, it was...

After the lives of  Peter Abelard  and  Heloise d'Argenteuil  took a  catastrophic turn , they both entered cloistered settings. Abelard...

When Peter Abelard met Heloise d'Argenteuil in 1115, he was a famous teacher approaching 40 years of age whose lectures drew hundreds ...

Heloise d'Argenteuil (c.1100 - 1164) was the daughter of a woman named Hersinde. Her parents have been speculated to be Hersinde of Cham...

The Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy called Peter Abelard "the pre-eminent philosopher and theologian of the twelfth century. The t...