I keep thinking I'm gonna 'get' the Joan of Arc story, but it never happens. It's too weird and unbelievable. An illiterate 16 year old peasant nobody just grabs control of an army? Wtf? How in any universe does this happen?
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People are willing to believe charismatic religious leaders particularly when she leads her side to success when all hope appeared to be lost.People were much more willing to believe in divine action back then, it is hard for modern folks to understand the mindset of people then.
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Partly fake news of course. The legend is always much larger than the person.
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Think the story is best understood as, "Church takes advantage of coincidence and minor celebrity to install a 'puppet', 'Puppet' turns out to not actually be a puppet. Church has 'puppet' killed."
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they were losing the war... she turned a failing battle into a victory, the rest....
