Who remembers, today, the battle of Patay on 18 June 1429 ? Person ! Yet, it is a major event in the Hundred Years war. On this day, the French cavalry brings the mash to the English, vindicating thus the defeats humiliating of Crecy and Agincourt ! But, importantly, this victory allows you to Joan of Arc to be crowned Charles VII at Reims.
Six weeks earlier, the Maid had forced the English to raise the siege before Orleans. Then she had chained in helping with the king’s army to the deliverances of Jargeau, Meung-sur-Loire and Beaugency. Near the village of Pata…
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