Saint Joan of Arc (Jeanne la Pucelle): Difference between revisions

The divine origin of Joan's visions (which I will call her "Voices") is assumed here,<ref name=":12">As opposed to skeptical treatments of Joan that merely assume that her visions were not divine; similarly, these pages will not automatically assume a divine nature for everything she did nor what she was said to have done: the approach here is faithful yet cautious.</ref> which enables important typological and scriptural connections to Joan's life and acts. As opposed to skeptical treatments of Joan that simply assume that her visions were not of divine origin, these pages will assume a divine nature for them, only with prudence. The approach here is faithful yet cautious.

* "gentle knight" is translated from the French ''gentil'', which means not "delicate," but "honorable" or "noble"<ref name=":13">See for example, Joan saying, "Le <mark>gentil</mark> rojr ara au jour duj la plus grant a victoire quHleutpièça. Et m* a dit mon conseil qu* ils a sont tous nostres" ([https://archive.org/details/procsdecondamna02frangoog/page/99/mode/2up?q=gentil Quicherat Vol III, p. 99])</ref>

La Trémoïlle and de Richemont's mutual history and animosities were large. Both were a piece of work. Both sided with the Armagnac cause, and both fought at Agincourt were captured there by the English. La Trémoïlle was released right away, while de Richemont, who was injured in the battle, was held for five years, after which he joined the English cause. He convinced his brother, the Duke of Brittany, to join the Burgundians in support of the English at the 1420 Treaty of Troyes. The English rewarded de Richemont, but with a title and not a command, so, frustrated at the sidelining, he returned to the French court, where he brought his brother back into the Armagnac fold in a treaty with Charles VII. At the French court, de Richemont worked with Trémoïlle to oust the top court minister, Pierre de Giac,<ref>See [https://www.britannica.com/biography/Georges-de-La-Tremoille?utm_source=chatgpt.com Georges de La Trémoille | Military Commander, Courtier, Diplomat | Britannica] which states that after kidnapping and drowning Giac, La Trémoïlle married the guy's widow.</ref> but things fell apart in 1427 when La Trémoïlle, having taken over from Giac, turned on de Richemont, in part because of his volatile personality, and part because de Richemont's brother had been forced into signing a truce with the English, which was seen as a betrayal by the French, and thus the the severe animosities between them. In 1433, de Richemont took revenge upon La Trémoïlle, and had him kidnapped and ransomed with the pledge to stay out of the French Court. But there's more: turns out that La Trémoïlle had previously spent a couple years serving the Burgundians before rejoining the Armagnacs and Dauphin Charles in 1413, and de Richemont was married to a daughter of John the Fearless. Amidst the oscillating alliances and defections stood John the Fearless, the Duke of Burgundy, who had an informal understanding of mutual support with de Richemont's brother, the Duke of Brittany. Burgundy knew these characters well, and so after Joan's death, the Duke offered de Richemont lands that belonged to La Trémoïlle , in exchange for his loyalty,