2026 01 30

Added this note section for daily thoughts and observations.

Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

• Watching the movie “The Messenger: The Story of Joan of Arc” (1999) directed by Luc Besson

• Biography by Régine Pernoud, Joan of Arc: Her Story (1999)

• Biography by Helen Castor, Joan of Arc: A History (2020)

• Biography by Marina Warner, Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism (1981)

• Joan by Katherine J. Chen (2022)

• Court records of Joan of Arc

• She can’t read or write

• Obsessed with saints
  • Saint Michael, captain of heaven
  • Monastery on a mountain on an island
  • Saint Catharine of Alexandria
  • Margaret of Antioch

• Yolande of Anjou, sister of King Charles VII, was a patron and supporter of Joan of Arc

• Letter from Joan to the King of England 22 March 1429

• Letter from Joan to the people of Orleans 4 May 1429

• Christine de Pizan wrote about Joan of Arc