Talbot then receives an invitation to visit the Countess of Auvergne. Act 2, scene 2 The English plan a grand tomb for the dead Salisbury, in part as a monument to their recent victory.Act 2, scene 1 The English forces, led by Bedford, Burgundy, and Talbot, scale the walls of Orleance and drive out the French, who quarrel over who is responsible for this defeat.Act 1, scene 6 The French celebrate Pucelle’s victory.Act 1, scene 5 Talbot attacks, fights Pucelle, fails to defeat her, and accuses her of witchcraft.The boy kills Gargrave and mortally wounds Salisbury, enraging the newly ransomed Talbot, who vows to avenge them. Act 1, scene 4 The master gunner of Orleance shows his boy how to fire on the English when they come to spy.The servants of the two nobles skirmish until all are ordered away by the mayor. Act 1, scene 3 Gloucester visits the Tower of London, only to be denied entry by Winchester.Charles challenges her to single combat, loses, and grants her authority as a military leader. He is then introduced to Pucelle, who declares herself chosen by the Virgin Mary to free France from the English. Act 1, scene 2 Charles the Dauphin, leader of the French, is defeated by a small English force that is besieging Orleance.The messengers report the loss of England’s lands in France and the French capture of Talbot, the English military commander. Act 1, scene 1 The funeral procession for Henry V is interrupted first by a quarrel between Gloucester and Winchester and then by messengers from France.
Suffolk arranges a marriage between Henry and Margaret, daughter of the king of Naples, in order to keep her near him and give him, through her, control of England. The English army captures and executes Joan. As they squabble, French forces kill Talbot and his son. Richard Plantagenet (later the Duke of York) and Somerset are equally antagonistic, with their followers signaling their allegiance by wearing white or red roses.Henry VI is crowned in Paris, and orders York and Somerset to fight the French instead of each other. The English hero Lord Talbot attacks Orleans, but is defeated by Joan.In England, Gloucester, Henry VI’s Protector, and Gloucester’s rival Winchester encourage their followers to attack each other in the streets. Entire Play With an underage boy now king of England, Henry VI, Part 1, depicts the collapse of England’s role in France, as English nobles fight each other instead of the French and as Joan la Pucelle (Joan of Arc) brings military strength to the French army.
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