1. Johannes de Trokelowe
Monk at Abbey of St Albans, England
Contributor to Annales Monasterii Sancti
Albani, abbey chronicle

2. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75)
Son of wealthy merchant from
Certaldo or Florence
Studied canon law but became
writer
Lived in Naples and Florence,
then served as diplomat
from 1350

3. Giovanni Boccaccio (1313-75)
Various works, incl. Decameron, completed
1358
Eventually retired, then mostly in Certaldo,
where died

4. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc, 1412-31)
Peasant girl from Domrémy, France
Believes was instructed by saints to raise
siege of Orleans, gains ear of dauphin
Charles in 1429
Charles sends Joan to join garrison of Orleans.
They defeat English, who are also driven
from wider region

5. Joan of Arc (Jeanne d’Arc, 1412-31)
July 17th, 1429 Coronation of Charles (VII,
r )
1430 Joan captured
1431 Joan is tried by English, found guilty
of witchcraft and burned at the stake