Key ideas from Joan Of Arc

• Guy de Laval sold his estates to fund his unpaid service with Joan, writing excitedly to his mother about seeing the 'heroine of the hour' in white armor
• Joan fused male knightly performance with female spiritual power, calling herself 'Joan the Maid' while drawing on virgin archetypes for authority
• The Duke of Suffolk refused capture by non-knights at Jargeau, while 2,000 Englishmen died when Talbot was defeated in pitched battle
• Joan prophesied Troyes would surrender within three days, and after four days of fear the townspeople forced their Burgundian council to capitulate
• Charles VII's coronation at Reims on July 17, 1429 used makeshift regalia and holy oil from Saint-Rémy, with Joan holding her white banner throughout
• Joan's failed assault on Paris on September 8th left 500 men dead and herself wounded, damaging her reputation of divine favor
• After going freelance with 200 men, Joan was captured at Compiègne on May 23, 1430 when the drawbridge closed behind her
• Charles VII never mentioned Joan again after her capture, while his archbishop blamed her pride and folly for God's abandonment