Raid on Rheims

Once the Seat of Orleans raised and after the Battle of Patay, the Anglo-Burgundian vice is loosened. Jeanne d' Arc convinces the Dolphin Charles to go to be made crown with Rheims. This ride in the middle of the territory controlled by the Bourguignons is crowned success and gives to Charles VII the throne of which it had been évincé by the Traité of Troyes.

Context

Since the Treated of Troyes of 1420, the dolphin is disinherited in favor of Henri V. This last married the girl of the king Charles VI of France and his/her son Henri VI will be his successor on the thrones of France and England. But Henri V dies in 1422 and his/her son does not have yet 1 year; regency is entrusted to the duke of Bedford.
The burning wish of the dolphin is to gird the crown of France but, it is passably discredited by a majority of the population which it suspect to be the hybrid son of Louis of Orleans and also to be the assassin of Jean without Peur. Only a divine sign can the relégitimer near the people. It is this part which will play Jeanne d' Arc who goes makes perceive like miraculous the lifting of the head office of Orleans and like a will of God, the sacring of the dolphin in Rheims in full Burgundian territory.

The ride on Rheims

Walk towards the city of the sacring started with Gien, on June 29th 1429. The facility of the ride showed at the same time the brittleness of the anglo-Burgundian domination and the restoration of confidence in the cause of Charles VII of France. During the ride, Auxerre remained neutral, Troyes capitulated and Châlons-in-Champagne opened its doors. On Saturday, July 16, the king entered to Rheims.

Consequences

July 17th, 1429, Charles VII received the holy oiling of the hands of the archbishop Renault of Chartres “Gold is carried out the pleasure of God”, declared Jeanne while paying homage to his king. The ceremony, considering the circumstances, had proceeded in simplicity; the crown, the sceptre, the sphere, were with Saint-Denis, between the hands of the English; only, among the pars, the three spiritual pars were present. But the essential rite was accomplished: the eighth sacrament, which made the kings and crowned sign of the legitimate power marked them, had been conferred on Charles VII. No hesitation was more possible between Valois authentically indicated by God, and the Lancaster, imposed by the enemy weapons and the irresponsible signature of a sick king. The plays are made, because the French found what missed to them to overcome.

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