English archers carried a formidable weapon, the , capable of firing six arrows a minute with enough force to pierce an inch of wood or the armor of a knight at two hundred yards.
The Treaty of in 1420 disinherited the legitimate heir to the French throne and proclaimed Henry V the successor to the French king, Charles VI.
In March 1429, Joan of Arc told Charles VII that the King of Heaven had called her to deliver besieged from the English.