bolleyns:My Favorite Ladies of History ➵ Joan of Arc (nicknamed “The Maid of Orléans” after she aide
bolleyns:My Favorite Ladies of History ➵ Joan of Arc (nicknamed “The Maid of Orléans” after she aided the city of Orléans which was occupied by the English Army) 1412 - 1431“And it was at this point that Joan broke: Joan who in an effort to exhort her men to victory had so often in the past defiantly planted her standard in the name of God and king, enduring with steadfast purpose a rain of arrows and cannonballs by the enemy; Joan who had met without fear or doubt those who were her superiors in age, learning and lineage, expertly trading barb for barb, subtlety for subtlety, for months on end without losing her composure; Joan who by nineteen had suffered deprivation, humiliation, and oppression such as the most hardened soldier of fortune had not experienced and who yet never lost the clear song nor sweet joy of her faith, finally succumbed to the terror and anguish that lay before her. Piteously shrieking and crying ‘imploring and invoking without cease the aid of the saints of paradise,’ so that she moved the hearts of even those who supported the English cause, she was bound to the stake and the fire lit.” - The Maid and the Queen : The Secret History of Joan of Arc by Nancy Goldstone -- source link
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