A thirteen-year-old girl is standing in her father’s garden in Domrémy when a light appears, and a voice speaks to her. She doesn’t run. She doesn’t tell anyone, not for years. Whatever she heard that day, it stayed with her long enough to convince an uncrowned king to hand her an army. So did Joan…
She rode into battle in armor. She slept among soldiers. She sat alone in a stone cell surrounded by English guards who wanted her dead. And through all of it, Joan of Arc kept wearing a doublet, hose, and boots laced tight enough that a man couldn’t tear them off her in the dark. That…
The Siege of Orléans lasted from 12 October 1428 to 8 May 1429, when a French relief force led in part by Joan of Arc broke a seven-month English blockade of the city. Its outcome reversed the momentum of the Hundred Years’ War and made Joan of Arc a national figure almost overnight. Here’s exactly…
