King Charles VII

King Charles VII was prodded into action by the siege of Orléans (1429) in which Joan of Arc helped save the city from the English. After the capture of Orléans, Charles was crowned at Reims. In 1435, Charles agreed to the Treaty of Arras, which reconciled him with the Duke, Philip the Good of Burgundy, who had been an ally of the English. He recovered Paris the following year. In 1444 a truce was signed with England, which lasted until 1449. In 1438, Charles issued the pragmatic sanction of Bourges, which established the liberty of the French Roman Catholic Church from Rome