Bishops from the Catholic church were in charge of Joan of Arc’s trial and ended up condemning her to die. So if it was the church that burned her, why the change of heart and change of status to a saint? Today we’re looking at what happened during the 500 years after her death that led to her becoming the patron saint of France.

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We all know that Joan of Arc believed she heard the voices of saints sent by God on her mission to save France. But who were these saints and what were there stories? Today, we’re taking a look at the origin stories of St. Michael, St. Margaret, and St. Catherine and where they fit in to the politics of the time.

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Charles VI believed he was made entirely of glass and that any small movement would cause him to shatter. Listen in for an exploration of the glass delusion (afflicted lots of nobles!) and how this French king’s fear that his body was glass set Joan of Arc’s mission in motion.

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Further Reading

https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.5250/symploke.23.1-2.0327?seq=1

Joan of Arc is the patron saint of France, and unlike many of the saints…she actually existed! Listen to the episode to learn how an illiterate peasant girl was able to drive out the English and put the French back on the path to reclaim their country during the Hundred Years War. Did she really speak to angels? Was she a bloodthirsty soldier? We know more about her than most Medieval women but there are no easy answers in her story.

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Non-fiction

Joan of Arc: A History by Helen Castor - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/23131105-joan-of-arc

Occult Confessions Podcast - https://www.occultconfessions.com/episodes/2018/4/27/lady-magic-2-joan-of-arc

Our Fake History Podcast - https://ourfakehistory.com/index.php/season-1/episode-21-how-do-you-explain-joan-of-arc-part-i/

Joan of Arc: The Maid of Orléans by Biographics - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oVPD5eFihKw

Fiction

The Maid by Kimberly Cutter - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10713781-the-maid

The Language of Fire: Joan of Arc Reimagined by Stephanie Hemphill - https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/41824501-the-language-of-fire

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain - https://www.gutenberg.org/files/2874/2874-h/2874-h.htm

Film

The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc (1999) - https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0151137/

Joan of Arc - Trailer (OMG Neil Patrick Harris is Charles VII lol) (1999) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmx5MHfsWPM

With the rapid spread of COVID-19, people across the globe are feeling anxious and uncertain. It’s important to remember that we’ve been here before. Many times. With less technology and less knowledge about health, medicine, and germs. So, before you rush out and buy more toilet paper, take a look at five of the worst pestilences in human history and how we got over them and changed the world.

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Further Reading

Visualization of the History of Pandemics - https://www.visualcapitalist.com/history-of-pandemics-deadliest/

What Black Women’s Histories Can Teach Us About Pandemics - https://msmagazine.com/2020/04/20/what-black-womens-histories-can-teach-us-about-pandemics/

Henry VIII: His Kingdom for a Son - https://www.immortalperfumes.com/storical/2019/6/1/henry-viii-his-kingdom-for-a-son

Anne Boleyn: The Doomed Queen - https://www.immortalperfumes.com/storical/2019/7/12/anne-boleyn-the-doomed-queen