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Websites introduced in this video:. She was a teenage girl saying she had a holy vision, not of noble heritage. How did she end up leading an army? Why was she taken seriously? I feel that there is a lot to unpack in this question. She was a proper nobody. Now, believe it or not but it posed troubles to many pseudo-historians and conspiracy theorists. They even came up with the crazy theory that Joan was of royal blood! A lot of people were talking about her and granted her magical powers still.
Most chroniclers of the time had an opinion on her or at least wrote about her. Joan and the French military hierarchy. She was so relentless though that she carved herself a place among them.
I wrote about it a little time ago. The fact that Joan actively searched to engage into battles and showed the greatest courage on the battlefield turned her into an inspiring figure. Also, it helped that she was always quick with a sharp reply. The better question is who took Joan seriously? On September 3rd, , two women had been arrested and were executed in Paris in front of the cathedral.
They believed that Joan of Arc was good. Those two anecdotes go a long way in telling us how seriously she was taken and by whom. She contributed to a long standing superstitious culture in a world in which people believed in miracles and named miracles even the silliest things—even an unexpected colour for bread.
