Editing Joan of Arc (section)

===Campaign against Perrinet Gressart===
[[File:Jeanne d'Arc - Les vies des femmes célèbres.jpg|thumb|upright=.85|Miniature depicting Jeanne d'Arc from ''The Lives of Famous Women'', by {{ill|Jean Pichore|fr}} (1506, [[Musée Dobrée]], Nantes, France)|alt=A human figure on horseback, with the horse pointing left. The figure is wearing armor and carrying an orange banner. The horse is white and has red accessories.]]
In October, Joan was sent as part of a force to attack the territory of {{ill|Perrinet Gressart|fr}}, a mercenary who had served the Burgundians and English.{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1pp=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/137 137–138]|DeVries|1999|2p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/157 157]}} The army [[Siege of Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier|besieged Saint-Pierre-le-Moûtier]], which fell after Joan encouraged a direct assault on 4 November. The army then tried unsuccessfully to take [[Siege of La Charité|La-Charité-sur-Loire]] in November and December and had to abandon their artillery during the retreat.{{sfnm|1a1=DeVries|1y=1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/157 157]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/81 81]}} This defeat further diminished Joan's reputation.{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/137 137]|Castor|2015|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarchistory0000cast_n6r7/page/149 149]|Lowell|1896|3p=[https://archive.org/details/JoanOfArc1896/page/n207 191]|Richey|2003|4p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcwarrior0000rich/page/81 81]}}

Joan returned to court at the end of December,{{sfn|Gies|1981|p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/134 134]}} where she learned that she and her family had been ennobled by Charles as a reward for her services to him and the kingdom.{{sfnm|1a1=Lucie-Smith|1y=1976|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/193 193]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/81 81]}} Before the September attack on Paris, Charles had negotiated a four-month truce with the Burgundians,{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/132 132]|DeVries|1999|2p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/145 145]|Lucie-Smith|1976|3p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/174 174]}} which was extended until Easter 1430.{{sfnm|Lang|1909|1p=[https://archive.org/details/maidoffrancebein00languoft/page/199 199]|Lowell|1896|2p=[https://archive.org/details/JoanOfArc1896/page/n209 193]}} During this truce, the French court had no need for Joan.{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/138 138]|DeVries|1999|2p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/165 165]|Harrison|2014|3pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclifetra0000harr/page/212 212–214]}}