Scott Alexander (author/host)
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first heard Aug 2025
last heard Aug 2025
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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.
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