Scott Alexander (author/host)

Footnote, this is hyperbole.

They only got 115 people.

Back to the text.

Yes, yes, she defeated an invisible army and is a feminist hero and also one of the national saints of France.

Fine.

More importantly, Joan of Arc is documented.

She's a miracle working saint who has evidence.

She might have more evidence than any other non-monarch before the printing press.

This is, then, an agnostics review of the evidence for Joan of Arc.

Artillerist, fraudbuster, confirmed saint, and extremely documented person.

Here's a portrait of Joan of Arc.

The caption reads, The reams and reams of documents are there.

They're just invisible.

Trust me.

A footnote says, Of the evidence that's available in English.

I don't speak Latin, medieval French, or modern French, and I should.

Back to the text.

Let's start with the legend of Joan of Arc.

A poor peasant girl in France is chosen by God, goes to fight the English, defeats them in a series of battles while performing random miracles, is captured by them and burned as a witch.

The end.