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Valois forces take Jargeau in the Loire campaign with Joan in the field

On 12 June 1429 Jargeau fell to the Valois Loire campaign in which Joan took part. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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On 12 June 1429 Jargeau fell to the Valois Loire campaign in which Joan took part.

Context

Occupation garrisons lived off the country. Their removal is a political-cohesion gain for Charles’s party and a harm to the garrison.

Joan of Arc is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

Territorial-cohesion path. High confidence on the date in the standard campaign; medium on welfare size.

A town assault is not Patay.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Joan of Arc

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

    She campaigned as a named captain. Assault casualties and other captains are not extras.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactValois forces take Jargeau in the Loire campaign with Joan in the field
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.55 · Effect from 12 June 1429 · verified

    Retaking a Loire garrison reconstituted a Valois territorial corridor, a cohesion path for one dynasty against occupation, not a rights statute.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Saint Joan of ArcEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Orléans MétropoleOrléans Métropole · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Civic Loire memory via Orléans public pages and Britannica’s campaign narrative independently place Jargeau in June 1429.

Established: Jargeau taken 12 June 1429 in the same campaign as Orléans. Not established: a unique tactical invention by Joan that other captains lacked.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorJoan of Arc
  2. contributed toFactValois forces take Jargeau in the Loire campaign with Joan in the field
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Valois forces take Jargeau in the Loire campaign with Joan in the field. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-jargeau-1429

https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-jargeau-1429

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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