Nine Things You Did Not Know About Joan of Arc

Nine Things You Did Not Know About Joan of Arc

Ed - August 2, 2016

Nine Things You Did Not Know About Joan of Arc
The capture of Joan

Joan was Not invincible

However, the French advance was checked when they failed to capture Paris. Once again Joan was involved in the fighting and again received a minor wound. The French army seemed to be on the verge of taking Paris when it was ordered to withdraw by its commander. This has surprised many commentators and some have attributed it to a lack of supplies, the approach of winter and even treachery. Whatever really happened Joan was blamed. The nobles who had never liked the young peasant girl and her influence at court may have used the set back outside Paris to blacken her name. It appears that after the failure to retake Paris that she was no longer as influential at the French Court.

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