ABSTRACT

About five o' clock on the afternoon of Tuesday, February 22, 1429, Joan of Arc and an escort of six men left Vaucouleurs by the Porte de France. Eleven days later, having crossed unhindered a territory filled with potential ambushes, they arrived at Chinon almost as the noon Angelus was ringing. On that Friday, March 4, they found lodging at an inn. Ever since 1429, people have asked about the sign Joan brought to the king so that he would no longer doubt the mission of the ambassad or from heaven. Going beyond earlier assumptions, Guene's recent thesis has opened new vistas. The words "dictiseius"in the first sentence have naturally caused another meaning to be attributed to "factissuis," which has been retained rather than "factiseius," the correct reading.