Do you like Joan of Arc?

Answer 1

Yes, I love and admire Joan of Arc, greatly. Joan was a humble peasant girl, and

whether or not she heard her heavenly voices to raise the seige of Orleans and

conduct the dauphin (French crown prince) to be crowned king, she thought that she heard them.

Many historians feel that Joan of Arc marked the beginning of the end of feudalism in medievel Europe. Joan was a peasant! Peasants didn't command armies! That was the aristocratic nobles' job! (Dukes, earls, marquis's, viscounts, barons, etc). When Joan showed from her own inspiration, leadership, and decisive decisions, that she could lead her army to defeat the English at Orleans and the Battle of Patay, the peasants began to feel that they had power, too, and that France was their country, too, not just the kings's and

his aristocratic nobles!

Joan of Arc had a famous temper for her commanders when they would not

attack as quickly as she thought they should. But she hated the sight of wounded men dying. She held the head of a mortally wounded Englishman on

her lap and comforted him while getting his last confession, which was a big deal back then (Battle of Patay, June 18, 1429).