Who Was Joan of Arc?

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4.7 • 12.9K Ratings

🗓️ 20 January 2022

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Summary

Joan of Arc is a name that’s instantly recognisable to most. A controversial figure in her own day, she has remained so ever since, often being adopted as a talisman of French nationalism.

But how much do we really know—or understand—about the young woman who ignited France’s fightback against England during the Hundred Years’ War, but who paid the ultimate price at the age of just 19? To get to the heart of the real ‘Maid of Orléans’, Matt Lewis from the Gone Medieval podcast is joined in this episode by Dr Hannah Skoda, a Fellow and Tutor in Medieval History at the University of Oxford.

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0:00.0	Hi everybody, welcome to Dan Snow's History.
0:02.7	It was the most successful podcast we have ever broadcast on this network or was a discussion
0:07.2	about the life, achievements, legacy and myth of Joan of Arc.
0:11.4	The 15th century warrior who led the French army into battle at all year and after it's
0:15.0	helping to drive the English out of France and the latter stage of the Hundred Years'
0:18.5	War is a figure about whom, as Jonathan Lorde Sampson said, author of his books on the
0:24.4	Hundred Years' War, and said to be the cleverest man in Britain.
0:28.0	He said of Joan and her story that if it wasn't when a test in the sources you would assume
0:33.6	it was made up for a Hollywood screenplay.
0:36.0	It is such a remarkable story.
0:38.3	She is one of the most fascinating figures of medieval history and now she is featuring
0:42.8	in this podcast, Lucky Joan of Arc.
0:44.8	This is that time of week when we throw it out to one of our family of podcasts.
0:48.8	At History Hit we've got my podcast, we've got several other podcasts together, millions
0:53.1	and millions of people listening to them all every single week.
0:56.0	This is an episode of Gone Medieval, our medieval history podcast, presented by the very brilliant
1:00.0	Dr. Cat Charm and Matthew Lewis.
1:03.0	And this one is all about Joan of Arc.
1:05.8	How much do we really know?
1:07.1	All understand about this young woman.
1:11.4	A young woman killed by the English at just 19 years old.
1:16.2	So to get to heart, the real maid of all the art, Matt is joined by Dr. Hannah Scorra,
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