The Journal d'un Bourgeois was based on a diary kept by the author, a clerk of the University of Paris.

It is an account of the war from inside the city. The 'Bourgeois', who hated Joan, says that she threatened to kill all the inhabitants if Paris did not surrender. He was stunned by her sacrilegious assault on Paris on the Feast of the Nativity of the Virgin, led by a "creature in the form of a woman whom they call the Maid. What it was, God knows

Report of the "Bourgeois of Paris," In Procès de Condamnation et de Réhabilitation de Jeanne d'Arc, dite La Pucelle. Jules Quicherat, editor. Paris, J. Renouard et Cie, 1841-1849. IV.

Enguerrand De Monstrelet is responsible for the most important Burgundian chronicle of the war, written around 1440.

He witnessed the interview between Joan and the Duke of Burgundy after her capture - although he claims not to remember what they said. His account is far from nonpartisan; he says that Robert de Baudricourt had advised her how to act, and he attributes her military victories to the efforts of experienced and brave captains. At the same time, he refrains from criticizing her as violently as the Bourgeois, and he barely comments on her trial and execution, probably because his account was written after Burgundy and Charles VII had made peace. .

Enguerrand De Monstrelet. Volvme Premier Des Chroniqves d'Engverran de Monstrelet Gentil-Homme iadis Demervrant a Cambry en Cambresis. Contenans les cruelles guerres ciuilles entre les maisons d'Orleans & de Bourgongne, l'occupation de Paris & Normandie par les Anglois, l'expulsion d'iceux, & autres choses memorables aduenues de son temps en ce Royaume, & paÿs estranges. Paris: Guillaume Chaudiere, 1572.

The Chroniques de France, or Chronicles of St. Denis, were drawn up annually from 1122 to record the important events of the year. This is the earliest printed version of the chronicles and one of the first books printed in French. The English translation printed at the Grabhorn Press contains reproductions of the woodcuts from the next edition (1493). The chronicler, appointed by the king, was partial to Joan and the royal cause. Joan is portrayed as pious as well as brave and expert in war. The Chronicles include the story that the dauphin attempted to deceive Joan about his identity, as a test, but that she knew him at first sight.

 Joan the Maid of Orleans, Being that Portion of the Chronicles of St. Denis which deals with Her Life and Times, from the Chroniques de France printed in Paris in 1493. Pauline B. Sowers, translator, with reproductions of woodcuts from original of Antoine Vérard. San Francisco: Roy V. Sowers, 1938.

Grandes Chroniques de France. Paris: Pasquier Bonhomme, 16 Jan. 1476/77.