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- [Narrator] Once upon a time,
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there was a young maid
who heard heavenly voices
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and had the French king crowned in Reims.
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Once upon a time, there
was a brave shepherdess
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who raised an army and saved France
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from the English invader.
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The story of Joan of Arc has
crossed the globe since 1431,
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the official date of
her death at the stake.
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(crowd shouting)
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But did Joan really die that day?
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Who then is that other Joan
who some 10 years later
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so perturbed King Charles?
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Is Joan chosen by God
or by a handful of men
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who have turned a young
girl into a prophetess?
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And what if the story of the
heroine had been rewritten
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to serve political interests
and victory in war?
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(fire crackling)
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Nobody knows what she looked like
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since no actual portrait of her exists,
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and yet Joan of Arc is
one of the most depicted
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historical figures in the world.
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For five centuries, she has
inspired over 20,000 books
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and as many theses, fantasies,
and conflicting ideologies.
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How does one find the truth
from a sea of archives
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that contains so many differing
versions of her story?
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Even during her lifetime accounts differ,
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so which then should we believe?
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The most important documentary
records on Joan's life
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are the minutes of her
trial held in Rouen.
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But 20 years after the proceedings,
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Chief Notary Guillaume Manchon
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contests the text he has
written in his own hand.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- Manchon will not be the only one
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to cast doubt on the trial in Rouen.
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Joan's neighbors,
friends, comrades in arms,
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certain judges, and even the torturer
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would testify before
Cardinal d'Estouteville
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during the rehabilitation
trial ordered by the king
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20 years after the maid's death.
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For six years, the Cardinal
records the accounts
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of a 114 witnesses who
have encountered Joan.
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d'Estouteville rereads every statement,
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all of which glorify the
Maid, to their authors.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- Many witnesses emphasized
that Joan is a shepherdess.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- And yet at her trial in Rouen,
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Joan states several times that
she has never kept animals,
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so who is telling the truth?
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The legend of the shepherdess
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spreads during Joan's lifetime.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(sheep bleating)
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- And one of the first
propagators of this legend
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is none other than Perceval
de Boulainvilliers,
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the chamberlain of the Dauphin Charles.
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He describes Joan as a humble shepherdess
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who works miracles.
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- [Reader] As early has her seventh year,
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her parents, as was the
custom in the village,
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sent her to tend to the sheep.
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Not a single animal perished
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or became the prey of ferocious beasts.
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- [Narrator] De Bourgeois de Paris,
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chronicler and English partisan,
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doesn't believe a word of the propaganda
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and disparages it in his journal.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- So is Joan really a shepherdess?
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The earliest writings are
already contradictory,
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and the story of the Maid
would hold many more mysteries.
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During the 100 Years War,
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the French tear each other apart.
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After the defeat at Agincourt,
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Queen Isabeau signed the
Treaty of Troyes in 1420,
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by which the King of England
would also rule France.
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The country is divided into three parts,
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the North and Aquitaine
are occupied by the English
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and their ally the Duchy of Burgundy,
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while the Armagnacs in their fiefdoms
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south of the Loire River put up resistance
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alongside the Dauphin Charles.
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The kingdom of France is thus claimed
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by two crownless sovereigns.
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Which camp will God side with?
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- One thing that is important
throughout the whole
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of the Hundred Years' War
is the portrayal by both
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the English and the French
that God was on their side.
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Generally speaking, the testimony that God
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was on the side of one nation or the other
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was whether they were winning or not.
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- [Narrator] Joan begins hearing voices
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shortly after the Treaty of Troyes.
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Her village, Domrรฉmy, on the border
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between the two warring
parties, isn't spared.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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The heavenly voice is described
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by the Dauphin's chamberlain,
Perceval de Boulainvilliers,
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in a diplomatic letter
to the Duke of Milan.
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- [Reader] Suddenly, a
glowing cloud appeared
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before her eyes and from this cloud
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came a voice which told her Joan,
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you must take up a different life,
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you must accomplish astounding things.
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The King of Heaven has chosen you
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to rally the kingdom of France
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to aid and defend King Charles,
ousted from his domain.
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You must dress in a man's apparel,
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take up arms, and become
a leader in battle.
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All will be done
according to your counsel.
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The voice fell silent
and the cloud vanished.
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(otherworldly music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(birds chirping)
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- [Narrator] For 20
years, reporter Marcel Gay
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has been trying to
decipher the contradictions
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in the story of Joan of Arc.
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He works in the field using the methods
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of investigative journalism.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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Religious fervor and mysticism
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reign in this ravaged kingdom.
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The great Gothic cathedrals
have just been completed.
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And long before Joan's birth,
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prophecies announced
the coming of a pucelle,
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a young woman sent by God to
save the kingdom of France.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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The account given by her uncle
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illustrates that to
convince those close to her,
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even Joan cited the prophecies.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(somber music)
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And at the time, some
people are already thinking
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that the fulfillment of this prophecy
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is a theatrical plot skillfully staged
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by members of the French nobility.
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25 years after Joan's death,
even the Pope begins to wonder.
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- [Reader] Was this divine
intervention or human strategy?
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It is difficult for me to confirm.
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As the English prospered, the
powers of France were divided,
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unable to accept the
conduct of one of their own.
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Some believe that one
of them, better advised,
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thought up the device
of producing a virgin
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who was Heaven-sent, and being thus,
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able to lay claim to the
management of affairs.
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For no man is alive who can
refuse God as his leader.
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- [Narrator] The enemy camp of Burgundy
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is in no doubt that it is a ruse.
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One romantic play of the
time suggests that Joan
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is trained at arms and
manipulated by a captain
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to simulate the divine mission
of the little shepherdess.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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At the time of Joan, such
a captain does exist.
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He is Robert de Baudricourt,
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the leader of the King of
France's army in the region.
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It was he Joan turned to first
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in order to approach the Dauphin.
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The Chronicles of Lorraine is
a collection of ancient texts
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compiled by the Dominican monk Dom Calmet.
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They provide an astonishing version
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of the meeting in Noncy between Joan,
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Captain de Baudricourt,
and the Duke of Lorraine.
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- [Reader] When he came
with the girl to Noncy,
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Baudricourt introduced her to the Duke,
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telling him how she wanted
to go see King Charles
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in order to restore him to the throne
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and to chase the English from the kingdom.
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My Lord, I vow I'm in
great haste to go there.
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What, said the duke?
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But you can neither bare
arms nor ride a horse.
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The girl replied that once
she had armor and a steed,
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I will mount it and then
we'll see if I can ride.
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The Duke gave her armor,
horse, and a sword.
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And in the presence of all,
without placing her foot
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in the stirrup, she
vaulted into the saddle.
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(suspenseful music)
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She was given a lance, she came
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into the castle forecourt,
and then she rode.
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Never has a man at arms ridden better.
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Every noble was astounded.
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(horse galloping)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- [Narrator] Such military
skills require years of training.
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But the majority of historians
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say that Joan is only
16 when she convinces
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Captain de Baudricourt to
help her in her mission.
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The age of the maid remains
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one of the great mysteries of history.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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In fact, the only text
to include this date
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is that of Perceval de Boulainvilliers,
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the chamberlain of the Dauphin Charles.
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- [Reader] I think news
has already reached
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your ears of a young maid whom,
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as we piously believe, was
sent to us from Heaven.
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She arrived to light our mortal coil
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on the night of the Lord's epiphany.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(hinges squeaking)
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- [Narrator] But one little known event
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in her life may shed more light.
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Joan was engaged to be married.
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Her parents tried to
force her into a marriage,
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but having made a vow of chastity,
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she rejected the young man
who then took her to court.
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(bell ringing)
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In 1428, Joan appears
and defends herself alone
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before the officialite de Toul and wins.
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(dramatic music)
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The only mention of this matrimonial trial
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is a plaque opposite the cathedral.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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So Joan could have
received years of training
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to learn the art of war, but from whom?
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Records from the rehabilitation trial
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reveal that two officers under orders
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from Captain de Baudricourt
regularly visited Domremy.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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The Lorraine Archives hold
an astonishing document,
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the tenancy agreement signed
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by Joan's father, Jacques d'Arc.
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The agreement shows that Jacques
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not only rented farmland
from the local lord,
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but also a fortress called
the Chateau de I'Ile.
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So is Jacques merely a lonely farmer?
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(speaking in foreign language)
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If Jacques d'Arc manages a fortress
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in this threatened region, it
must be under the authority
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of the leader of the King's
army, Captain de Baudricourt.
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His officers oversee the
transformation of Joan into a man.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(dramatic music)
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On the 23rd of February,
1429, during a fierce winter,
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she leaves Vaucouleurs for Chinon.
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de Baudricourt has provided
her with an escort of six
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horsemen including the royal
messenger, Colet de Vienne.
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They complete the 600
kilometer journey in 11 days.
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Since the road crosses land
belonging to the English
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and Burgundian enemy, the travel at night.
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Such a daring ride would
have been a challenge
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even for the most skilled horsemen.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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The room where Joan met
the Dauphin still stands.
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(somber music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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After his meeting with Joan,
Charles, often described
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as taciturn and indecisive,
is a changed man.
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According to every witness, he is radiant.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(energetic music)
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Joan is at ease and gives the impression
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of being an equal among the
highest ranked in court.
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She's addressed as noble
princess or noble lady,
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terms that are not bandied
about at that time.
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(crowd cheering)
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She never introduces
herself as Joan of Arc
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but always as Joan la pucelle.
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This has led several
unorthodox researchers to form
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a hypothesis that Joan was of
noble or of royal extraction.
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She could have been a bastard child
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sent to be raised in the country,
but the proof is lacking.
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Proof is also lacking to show
who could have orchestrated
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the mission of Joan the prophetess.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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Proof may be lacking,
but one thing is certain.
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Yolande d'Anjou has supervised
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the most intimate and
important of examinations,
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that of Joan's virginity which ensures
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she has dedicated her body to God.
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(somber music)
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It is thus Yolande d'Anjou who
legitimizes Joan as a virgin.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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At Poitiers, the examinations continue.
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Joan is questioned over three weeks
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by an assembly of theologians and doctors.
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The King's secretary, Alain
Chartier, is in attendance
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and is impressed by her
knowledge and wisdom.
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- [Reader] The questions were
manifold and reiterative.
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They covered the greatest
mysteries, both divine and human.
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Her answers were so just and so beautiful
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that one would never have said
she was raised in the fields
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with sheep, but in the
most learned of schools.
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(somber music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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So, opinion differs regarding
Joan's level of knowledge.
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But the statement made
by the Dauphin's cousin,
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the Duke of Alencon,
reveals that she may not
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have been telling the whole truth.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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The Duke of Alencon's statement
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also highlights the
maid's military knowledge.
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At Chinon, Joan gives
further demonstration
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of her talents as a horsewoman.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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Joan's personality fascinates
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the warlords of the Armagnac camp.
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Among them, Gilles de
Rais, who would go down
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in history under the name of Bluebeard.
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(suspenseful music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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Despite the number of
accounts that surrounded Joan
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with pageboys, heralds, and squires,
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her military role remains unclear.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(dramatic music)
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Her courage and charisma
would surprise many,
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and as the heavenly voices had announced,
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Joan ousts the English from
Orleans in barely a week.
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But the working of this
miracle was made easier
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by the fact that the English are locked
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in a serious dispute with
their Burgundian allies.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- The Duke of Bedford
wrote that it had been,
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or two things, that the siege
of Orleans had been a mistake,
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he said taken up God knows whose advice
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and who on Earth had suggested
we should besiege Orleans,
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and then he went on to
comment on the bad effect
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of Joan in making people
sort of afraid, if you like,
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and making it likely that the
English would be defeated.
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In other words, he's saying it was fear
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of Joan that caused the difficulty.
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At this point, the English are not winning
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so it could be argued that
God is not on their side.
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Given the population as a
whole, they would believe this
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as a rather superstitious
thing, that defeat meant
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that God had turned his
face against the English.
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- [Narrator] The English
may have been terrified
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of the demon Joan, but for the Armagnacs,
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she is a gift from Heaven.
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And soon after the victory at Orleans,
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epic poems begin to spread her legend.
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(dramatic music)
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- [Man] As demanded by her
mission set from on high,
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she bore a man's heart and clothes.
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It wasn't men who trained
her in war, but God.
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She was sent by Heaven to confound,
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oh England, your relentless insolence.
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Such sudden disaster filled with terror
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those guarding other forts.
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Not awaiting another assault,
they shamelessly fled,
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abandoning all their positions
to Joan the victorious,
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strong with Heaven's support.
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- [Narrator] On the other
hand, la Burgeois de Paris,
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a partisan of the Burgundian enemy,
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is merciless in his
chronicle about the maid.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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Thanks to the rehabilitation trial
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led by Cardinal d'Estouteville,
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the accounts he collected provide insight
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into Joan's private life
during the military campaign.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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It seemed as if nothing
could halt Joan's advance.
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Under her banner, the Armagnacs
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take Beaugency, Meung,
and city of sur-Loire.
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At Patay, they defeat the English army
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before Gien, Auxerre,
and Troyes fall in turn.
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Urged forward by Joan,
the army claims back
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what the English had
taken years to capture.
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Reims falls on the 16th of July, 1429.
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The very next day, so as not to linger
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on threatened territory,
Joan has Charles VII
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crowned in the cathedral.
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Anointed with the holy oil of Clovis,
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Charles is recognized
by all as the rightful
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King of France, designated by God.
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- Reims had been the
crowning place of the kings
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of France for a very long time.
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The belief that the oil of Clovis,
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the oil that had been used
not just for the coronation
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of Clovis, but for the baptism
for the making Christian
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of Clovis, that was housed
in Reims and it was necessary
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to anoint a legitimate king
of France with that oil.
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Remember that the English
were claiming to be
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legitimate kings of France,
as well as King of England.
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- [Narrator] The crowning of Charles VII
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is a triumph for Joan
and her divine voices.
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She has fulfilled the second prophecy.
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She has turned the tide in a war
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that has lasted almost 100 years.
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But the King feels it is a time
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for pragmatism and
opens truce negotiations
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with Burgundy, which Joan denounces.
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She prepares to besiege Paris.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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On the eighth of September, 1429,
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Joan for the first time
meets with failure.
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She is wounded and her glory is tarnished.
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Charles dissolves the army.
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Perhaps to console her, he
ennobles Joan and her family,
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giving her the name of Joan Du Lys.
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But although deprived of
most of her comrades in arms,
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she continues the fight alone.
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(dramatic music)
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- She doesn't win any victories
when she is by herself.
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She is also wounded on
one or two occasions,
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perhaps more wounds than
we might have expected.
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The wounds, though, are
at a distance always,
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I think they're by
arrows, so I really wonder
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whether Joan was a warrior in
the sense we would understand
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it for all of the other
people present there,
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or whether she is very much a figurehead
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and really quite vulnerable.
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We know that Charles put a
very big bodyguard around her,
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so I think we really need to revise
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the way we see Joan as a warrior.
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- [Narrator] Her epic
advance is finally halted
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at Compiegne in the spring of 1430.
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Joan is thrown from her
horse and is taken prisoner.
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She is sold for 200 pounds
to John of Luxembourg,
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an ally of the English and Burgundians.
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Jean Germain, the Bishop of Nevers
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tells how Joan was humiliated
before the Duke of Burgundy.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(suspenseful music)
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For eight months, John of Luxembourg
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moves his prisoner from castle to castle.
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Finally, he sells Joan to the English
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for the sum of 10,000 pounds.
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That year, the records
of the English Crown
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mention Joan la Pucelle, they tell of how
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the Duke of Bedford, the English Regent
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of the Kingdom of France,
sent a considerable escort
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to take her to Rouen where the very young
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King of England, Henry VI, is waiting.
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- [Man] 24 pounds to be
paid to Richard Hidlow
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and 47 servants and pages of various parts
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of the royal household will
leave Rouen for Picardy
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with Richard Browser, royal collector
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on the order of the King's counsel.
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For escorting Joan,
called pucelle, to Rouen,
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each man will be paid
the sum of 10 shillings.
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- The young king was kept in Rouen
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during the time of Joan of Arc,
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I think that this is deliberate.
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Joan herself was quite young,
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the King is eight moving onto nine.
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In this period, there was a
great reverence for children.
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They were seen as blameless and innocent,
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and therefore I think
it was very important
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for the King, who no doubt
was a very pious child,
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it was important for that
juxtaposition to take place,
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the evil woman who was
misleading the people
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and the King who was the innocent youth
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representing the God-given
authority of kingship.
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And I think that that
was done deliberately.
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(dramatic music)
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(speaking in foreign language)
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- [Narrator] Before 95 French theologians,
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Bishop Pierre Cauchon opens Joan's trial
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for heresy and witchcraft.
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The judges charge the maid with dressing
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as a man and practicing
idolatry, which gives
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la Bourgeois de Paris
the perfect opportunity
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to show his indignation of the accused.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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As masters of the game, the
English appoint Frenchmen
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to lead the trial but verify
Joan's virginity themselves.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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She is still a virgin.
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The English are unable
to try her as a witch,
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but they need to prove
that Joan isn't sent by God
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in order to contest the divine right
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of Charles VII to the French Crown.
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The judges will thus
accuse her of idolatry,
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challenging the heavenly
nature of her voices.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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(discordant music)
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Inside the prison walls,
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the voices continued to back Joan.
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Outside too, she isn't
completely abandoned.
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Gilles de Rais keeps up the
harassment of the English.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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The trial has dragged on for five months.
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(fire crackling)
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Bishop Cauchon forces Joan to sign
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an act of abjuration of her errors.
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She submits to the church and promises
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never to dress as a man
again on pain of death.
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And while she remains in English hands,
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she is at the mercy of her jailers.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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It is an outrage, Joan dressed once more
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as a man despite her abjuration.
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Bishop Cauchon declares
her a relapsed heretic
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and makes his decision.
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Two days later, on the 30th of May,
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Joan will be excommunicated
and burnt alive at the stake.
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(speaking in foreign language)
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800 men, why such an army?
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To keep the people at bay.
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Perceval de Cagny, secretary
to the Duke of Alencon,
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has informers on the spot.
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His chronicle reveals a strange detail.
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- [Reader] La pucelle was
led, her face covered,
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from the castle to the place
where the fire was built.
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Certain things were
read at the said place,
507
01:00:54,410 --> 01:00:58,563
and then she was tied
to the stake and burnt.
508
01:01:00,930 --> 01:01:03,330
- [Narrator] But what was
her face covered with?
509
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:11,080
In the chronicle written by
the clerk of the Parliament
510
01:01:11,080 --> 01:01:14,163
of Paris, Joan's head
was covered with a miter.
511
01:01:17,440 --> 01:01:19,640
- [Man] On the miter,
which she wore on her head,
512
01:01:19,640 --> 01:01:21,390
were written the following words:
513
01:01:21,390 --> 01:01:25,543
heretic, relapse, apostate, idolatry.
514
01:01:28,700 --> 01:01:31,010
- [Narrator] Another
anomaly from the records
515
01:01:31,010 --> 01:01:34,530
of the rehabilitation trial,
the executioner complains
516
01:01:34,530 --> 01:01:37,780
of not being able to
reduce Joan's suffering
517
01:01:37,780 --> 01:01:41,023
as the stake is raised too
high from the scaffold.
518
01:01:42,826 --> 01:01:46,743
(speaking in foreign language)
519
01:02:16,291 --> 01:02:18,290
La Bourgeois de Paris delights
520
01:02:18,290 --> 01:02:21,943
in finally being able to
announce the death of his enemy.
521
01:02:23,705 --> 01:02:27,622
(speaking in foreign language)
522
01:03:14,443 --> 01:03:17,760
20 years later, once
the civil war is over,
523
01:03:17,760 --> 01:03:20,270
several of the judges
who condemned Joan of Arc
524
01:03:20,270 --> 01:03:22,900
as a heretic would speak in her favor
525
01:03:22,900 --> 01:03:25,090
during the rehabilitation trial.
526
01:03:25,090 --> 01:03:27,580
But was it not a case of exaggerating
527
01:03:27,580 --> 01:03:30,763
in order to make up now for
their previous collaboration?
528
01:03:32,258 --> 01:03:36,175
(speaking in foreign language)
529
01:04:31,566 --> 01:04:36,260
Joan's heroic end would
become the stuff of legend.
530
01:04:36,260 --> 01:04:40,810
And yet, in this year of 1431,
not one English chronicle
531
01:04:40,810 --> 01:04:43,830
mentions the execution of Joan the maid.
532
01:04:43,830 --> 01:04:46,723
What could explain such
silence from her victors?
533
01:04:48,650 --> 01:04:51,523
Other questions remain unanswered.
534
01:04:51,523 --> 01:04:54,633
Why 800 men at arms to
keep back the crowd?
535
01:04:56,000 --> 01:04:58,103
Why was Joan's face covered?
536
01:04:59,250 --> 01:05:02,567
Why was the stake so high
that she was unreachable?
537
01:05:02,567 --> 01:05:05,317
(dramatic music)
538
01:05:11,533 --> 01:05:15,470
At the time, some refused to
believe that Joan is dead.
539
01:05:15,470 --> 01:05:18,210
And five years later, with
peace between the houses
540
01:05:18,210 --> 01:05:20,450
of Armagnac and Burgundy still young,
541
01:05:20,450 --> 01:05:25,003
an astonishing rumor begins
to spread, Joan is back.
542
01:05:28,325 --> 01:05:32,242
(speaking in foreign language)
543
01:05:59,250 --> 01:06:03,150
Near the city of Metz, a
young woman claims to be Joan,
544
01:06:03,150 --> 01:06:05,373
having escaped the stake in Rouen.
545
01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,170
Numerous historical documents
546
01:06:09,170 --> 01:06:12,393
at the French National Library
attest to this appearance.
547
01:06:13,750 --> 01:06:16,540
The first known account is
by the Dean of St. Thibaut,
548
01:06:16,540 --> 01:06:18,473
an ecclesiastical judge in Metz.
549
01:06:20,330 --> 01:06:22,100
Here is the story of the woman
550
01:06:22,100 --> 01:06:24,893
who historians have dubbed the false Joan.
551
01:06:26,873 --> 01:06:30,790
(speaking in foreign language)
552
01:11:20,108 --> 01:11:22,858
(dramatic music)
553
01:11:24,450 --> 01:11:26,310
At that time, the chronicle of the Dean
554
01:11:26,310 --> 01:11:28,693
of St. Thibaut place her in Cologne.
555
01:11:34,173 --> 01:11:36,980
Her presence is confirmed
by Johannes Nider,
556
01:11:36,980 --> 01:11:39,280
the prior of the Dominicans in Basel,
557
01:11:39,280 --> 01:11:42,833
a member of the Inquisition
and an expert in witchcraft.
558
01:11:45,540 --> 01:11:48,810
His treaty on religious
discipline, the Formicarium,
559
01:11:48,810 --> 01:11:51,553
paints the portrait of a scandalous woman.
560
01:11:53,370 --> 01:11:57,287
(speaking in foreign language)
561
01:12:41,759 --> 01:12:44,509
(dramatic music)
562
01:14:06,362 --> 01:14:09,420
The Inquisitor of Cologne
summons this woman
563
01:14:09,420 --> 01:14:11,653
whose behavior he deems inadmissible.
564
01:14:14,862 --> 01:14:18,779
(speaking in foreign language)
565
01:15:20,829 --> 01:15:23,520
Excommunicated, the mysterious woman
566
01:15:23,520 --> 01:15:25,900
seeks refuge at the Chateau d'Arlon
567
01:15:25,900 --> 01:15:28,580
and soon marries a French knight,
568
01:15:28,580 --> 01:15:31,973
Robert des Armoises, a
widower with two children.
569
01:15:36,906 --> 01:15:40,823
(speaking in foreign language)
570
01:16:08,885 --> 01:16:11,885
(suspenseful music)
571
01:16:48,473 --> 01:16:50,420
True Joan or false Joan,
572
01:16:50,420 --> 01:16:53,183
the reappearance sends
shockwaves throughout France.
573
01:16:54,350 --> 01:16:56,380
In a note to to his register in Arlon
574
01:16:56,380 --> 01:16:59,163
is the trace of an act
between two comrades.
575
01:17:00,530 --> 01:17:03,030
One bets that it is the real Joan,
576
01:17:03,030 --> 01:17:04,773
the other refuses to believe it.
577
01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:13,623
The mystery even reaches
neighboring lands.
578
01:17:14,800 --> 01:17:18,160
And that same year,
1436, the King of Spain
579
01:17:18,160 --> 01:17:20,560
receives a letter asking for military aid
580
01:17:20,560 --> 01:17:22,840
from a certain pucelle de France
581
01:17:22,840 --> 01:17:25,223
who is fighting the
English in La Rochelle.
582
01:17:27,770 --> 01:17:29,860
- [Man] At court, the constable showed
583
01:17:29,860 --> 01:17:32,860
the signature to the nobles of Spain
584
01:17:32,860 --> 01:17:35,323
as though it were the holiest of relics.
585
01:17:36,370 --> 01:17:40,543
For, since he was bold-hearted,
he loved those who were too.
586
01:17:42,010 --> 01:17:44,720
And for this reason, he was interested
587
01:17:44,720 --> 01:17:46,273
in the feats of the maid.
588
01:17:48,460 --> 01:17:51,280
And because of this,
the constable decided,
589
01:17:51,280 --> 01:17:54,050
with the King's endorsement,
to send to the maid
590
01:17:54,050 --> 01:17:56,240
a fleet such that could come to the aid
591
01:17:56,240 --> 01:17:58,545
of her and the King of France.
592
01:17:58,545 --> 01:18:01,295
(dramatic music)
593
01:18:04,294 --> 01:18:05,360
- [Narrator] Three years later,
594
01:18:05,360 --> 01:18:08,113
Joan des Armoises turns up in Orleans.
595
01:18:09,300 --> 01:18:12,563
City records show she
received a very warm welcome.
596
01:18:18,588 --> 01:18:20,230
- [Reader] On the 18th day of July,
597
01:18:20,230 --> 01:18:23,260
for 10 pints wine in bottles
presented to the lady
598
01:18:23,260 --> 01:18:26,520
Joan des Armoises, a cost of 14 farthings.
599
01:18:26,520 --> 01:18:28,940
To the same on the 29th day of July
600
01:18:28,940 --> 01:18:30,740
for 10 pints of wine in bottles
601
01:18:30,740 --> 01:18:33,873
presented to Madam Joan,
a cost of 14 farthings.
602
01:18:35,147 --> 01:18:39,064
(speaking in foreign language)
603
01:19:06,390 --> 01:19:08,660
Eight pints of wine served at a dinner
604
01:19:08,660 --> 01:19:12,050
and which were present Jean
Quillier and Thevanon of Bourges
605
01:19:12,050 --> 01:19:14,730
held to introduce the
latter to the said Joan,
606
01:19:14,730 --> 01:19:17,173
who left before the said wine arrived.
607
01:19:18,790 --> 01:19:22,707
(speaking in foreign language)
608
01:19:39,403 --> 01:19:41,780
To Joan des Armoises, as a gift to her
609
01:19:41,780 --> 01:19:43,410
on this first day of August.
610
01:19:43,410 --> 01:19:46,250
By the deliberation of
the city council in thanks
611
01:19:46,250 --> 01:19:49,293
for the good she did to
said city during the siege.
612
01:19:52,222 --> 01:19:56,139
(speaking in foreign language)
613
01:20:09,388 --> 01:20:12,388
(suspenseful music)
614
01:20:19,364 --> 01:20:22,670
- [Narrator] And risk
soon turns to real danger.
615
01:20:22,670 --> 01:20:25,690
In 1440, Joan des Armoises is arrested
616
01:20:25,690 --> 01:20:28,520
as a usurper and taken
to the Palace of Justice
617
01:20:28,520 --> 01:20:30,320
in Paris where the Parliament sits.
618
01:20:35,984 --> 01:20:39,901
(speaking in foreign language)
619
01:21:34,380 --> 01:21:37,220
Joan des Armoises is released
620
01:21:37,220 --> 01:21:39,615
and decides to keep a low profile.
621
01:21:39,615 --> 01:21:42,198
(somber music)
622
01:21:45,271 --> 01:21:49,188
(speaking in foreign language)
623
01:21:58,492 --> 01:22:02,300
In 1441, a Royal edict
gave Jean de Siquenville
624
01:22:02,300 --> 01:22:05,050
the task of replacing at
the harbormaster's office
625
01:22:05,050 --> 01:22:09,398
in Le Mans a certain Joan
who called herself pucelle.
626
01:22:09,398 --> 01:22:12,148
(dramatic music)
627
01:22:13,700 --> 01:22:15,570
- [Reader] Charles, King of France,
628
01:22:15,570 --> 01:22:19,420
by the grace of God let
it be known to all present
629
01:22:19,420 --> 01:22:22,060
and absent that we have
received a humble entreaty
630
01:22:22,060 --> 01:22:24,513
from Jean de Siquenville,
Squire of Gascony.
631
01:22:25,760 --> 01:22:28,170
Said entreaty claims that for two years,
632
01:22:28,170 --> 01:22:31,020
Gilles de Rais, our adviser
and Marshal of France,
633
01:22:31,020 --> 01:22:33,110
under whom the author of entreaty was,
634
01:22:33,110 --> 01:22:35,370
told the latter to go to Le Mans.
635
01:22:35,370 --> 01:22:37,790
There he should take
charge of the men at arms
636
01:22:37,790 --> 01:22:42,050
in order to replace a said
Joan who calls herself pucelle.
637
01:22:42,050 --> 01:22:44,190
And that if he went to Le Mans,
638
01:22:44,190 --> 01:22:45,690
he would be appointed Captain.
639
01:22:50,240 --> 01:22:53,900
(suspenseful music)
640
01:22:53,900 --> 01:22:56,170
- [Narrator] The same
year, King Charles VII
641
01:22:56,170 --> 01:22:58,383
is reported to have met the false pucelle.
642
01:23:01,440 --> 01:23:03,020
The chronicle of Pierre Sala
643
01:23:03,020 --> 01:23:04,680
would tell the story much later
644
01:23:04,680 --> 01:23:07,003
having heard it from
the King's chamberlain.
645
01:23:17,630 --> 01:23:21,930
- [Reader] The said lord
told me that 10 years after
646
01:23:21,930 --> 01:23:25,703
a false pucelle was
brought before the King.
647
01:23:28,070 --> 01:23:30,920
Some intended, by spreading rumors,
648
01:23:30,920 --> 01:23:33,363
that it was the first Joan resuscitated.
649
01:23:39,160 --> 01:23:41,610
The King, on hearing this news,
650
01:23:41,610 --> 01:23:44,350
ordered that she be brought before him.
651
01:23:44,350 --> 01:23:49,350
She came right before the
King, who first astounded
652
01:23:49,540 --> 01:23:52,170
and speechless, greeted her gently
653
01:23:52,170 --> 01:23:57,170
saying my dear pucelle, welcome
back in the name of God,
654
01:24:01,660 --> 01:24:06,107
who knows the secret that
lies between you and me.
655
01:24:07,675 --> 01:24:10,425
(dramatic music)
656
01:24:15,120 --> 01:24:19,037
(speaking in foreign language)
657
01:24:24,120 --> 01:24:28,400
Then, miraculously,
having heard this word,
658
01:24:28,400 --> 01:24:32,030
the so-called pucelle
knelt before the King
659
01:24:32,030 --> 01:24:34,463
and there confessed her betrayal.
660
01:24:35,350 --> 01:24:40,190
At which those who had upheld
it were severely punished,
661
01:24:40,190 --> 01:24:42,783
as is fitting in such a case.
662
01:24:49,420 --> 01:24:52,480
- [Narrator] Did she confess
that she was an impostor?
663
01:24:52,480 --> 01:24:54,170
Who were those held responsible
664
01:24:54,170 --> 01:24:56,990
by the King and punished so severely?
665
01:24:56,990 --> 01:24:59,676
No document exists that can tell us.
666
01:24:59,676 --> 01:25:02,676
(suspenseful music)
667
01:25:09,290 --> 01:25:11,830
However, we do know that Joan des Armoises
668
01:25:11,830 --> 01:25:15,000
returned to Lorraine and
rejoined her husband in Metz.
669
01:25:19,913 --> 01:25:22,413
(eerie music)
670
01:25:30,752 --> 01:25:34,669
(speaking in foreign language)
671
01:26:06,544 --> 01:26:09,294
(birds chirping)
672
01:26:14,340 --> 01:26:16,420
In the village of Jaulny near Metz
673
01:26:16,420 --> 01:26:18,983
is a similar portrait
of Joan des Armoises.
674
01:26:20,560 --> 01:26:23,670
It was in the grounds of this
chateau that she came to hunt.
675
01:26:24,529 --> 01:26:28,446
(speaking in foreign language)
676
01:27:33,650 --> 01:27:36,400
(dramatic music)
677
01:28:36,627 --> 01:28:39,810
But where is the tomb
of Joan des Armoises?
678
01:28:39,810 --> 01:28:42,393
(bell chiming)
679
01:28:45,890 --> 01:28:48,100
The region's old folks say her remains
680
01:28:48,100 --> 01:28:50,970
lie buried a few miles
away under the choir
681
01:28:50,970 --> 01:28:53,490
of the church in Pulligny-sur-Madon,
682
01:28:53,490 --> 01:28:55,253
as a plaque once indicated.
683
01:28:58,494 --> 01:29:02,411
(speaking in foreign language)
684
01:29:53,680 --> 01:29:56,263
(somber music)
685
01:30:01,990 --> 01:30:06,230
1449, the very same year
that Joan of Arc's mother
686
01:30:06,230 --> 01:30:09,160
and two brothers implored King Charles VII
687
01:30:09,160 --> 01:30:11,933
to rehabilitate the fallen heroine.
688
01:30:16,780 --> 01:30:18,933
The King orders the rehabilitation trial
689
01:30:18,933 --> 01:30:21,053
that would last six years.
690
01:30:25,170 --> 01:30:27,310
One after the other, witness accounts
691
01:30:27,310 --> 01:30:29,273
would paint the picture of a saint.
692
01:30:33,560 --> 01:30:35,900
- What's interesting about
the rehabilitation trial
693
01:30:35,900 --> 01:30:38,220
is how suddenly people said
the same kind of thing,
694
01:30:38,220 --> 01:30:41,993
as though their evidence had
been constructed for them.
695
01:30:42,988 --> 01:30:46,905
(speaking in foreign language)
696
01:31:25,723 --> 01:31:27,770
- [Narrator] But the judge
would have five centuries
697
01:31:27,770 --> 01:31:30,423
of doubt regarding the
woman he'd had condemned.
698
01:31:33,300 --> 01:31:35,940
In the 19th century, Germany and France
699
01:31:35,940 --> 01:31:38,720
fight over Alsace-Lorraine,
one of the biggest
700
01:31:38,720 --> 01:31:40,953
steel-producing regions of Europe.
701
01:31:45,490 --> 01:31:47,510
It is at this time that the French Church
702
01:31:47,510 --> 01:31:50,520
asks the Vatican to canonize Joan of Arc,
703
01:31:50,520 --> 01:31:53,260
heroine of Lorraine, whose acts of bravery
704
01:31:53,260 --> 01:31:56,703
had enabled France to free
itself from its invaders.
705
01:31:59,560 --> 01:32:02,820
Since Joan had been excommunicated
and burnt at the stake
706
01:32:02,820 --> 01:32:04,890
after an ecclesiastical trial,
707
01:32:04,890 --> 01:32:07,893
it was difficult for the Church
to consider her a martyr.
708
01:32:09,330 --> 01:32:12,490
But in 1891, Sister Jean Marie Sagnier
709
01:32:12,490 --> 01:32:15,070
is suddenly cured of ulcers and abscesses
710
01:32:15,070 --> 01:32:18,003
on her legs after repeated prayer to Joan.
711
01:32:21,060 --> 01:32:24,940
In 1902, Marie Antoinette
Mirandol is suddenly cured
712
01:32:24,940 --> 01:32:27,983
from a perforating verruca
after praying to Joan.
713
01:32:30,520 --> 01:32:33,773
In 1909, Joan becomes the blessed Joan.
714
01:32:35,210 --> 01:32:37,720
But to become a saint,
one has to have worked
715
01:32:37,720 --> 01:32:40,223
two miracles recognized by the Church.
716
01:32:42,430 --> 01:32:44,820
The canonization
proceedings show that France
717
01:32:44,820 --> 01:32:48,083
presented other people who
were miraculously cured.
718
01:32:52,430 --> 01:32:54,931
The Bishop of Orleans
goes to the Notre Dame
719
01:32:54,931 --> 01:32:57,430
de douleur hospital to
recommend that patients
720
01:32:57,430 --> 01:33:00,500
seek cures by the hand of Joan of Arc
721
01:33:00,500 --> 01:33:03,710
because he needs miracles so as to obtain
722
01:33:03,710 --> 01:33:06,093
the canonization of the blessed one.
723
01:33:09,020 --> 01:33:12,620
The Vatican finally accepts two miracles,
724
01:33:12,620 --> 01:33:16,280
the healing of a perforating
verruca and a heart murmur.
725
01:33:16,280 --> 01:33:21,280
And in 1920, Benedict XV
canonizes Joan of Arc.
726
01:33:22,250 --> 01:33:25,380
But whether she is a saint sent by God
727
01:33:25,380 --> 01:33:28,170
or a virgin manipulated by men,
728
01:33:28,170 --> 01:33:31,490
burnt alive or escaped from the stake,
729
01:33:31,490 --> 01:33:34,430
true Joan or false Joan,
730
01:33:34,430 --> 01:33:39,153
the light reveals darkness
and the truth, mystery.
731
01:33:39,153 --> 01:33:42,153
(suspenseful music)
54951
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