Scott Alexander (author/host)

Shocked to see the French, who they thought were waiting for them, already rushing out of the woods, the vanguard routed instantaneously.

The French pursued them into the second force, which, seeing the first disintegrate, routed itself, and meanwhile the commander of the rearguard, Sir John Falstaff, implemented a tactical withdrawal in good order.

thereby extricating his force and wrecking his military career, ending up as a scapegoat for the entire doomed campaign and a comic relief character for Shakespeare.

The casualty figures are staggering.

The English lost quote, two to four thousand men, end quote, killed or captured, the majority of their force, while the French army had three deaths.

This, to be clear, is about the number of men you'd expect to accidentally trip over their own stirrups dismounting and break their necks.

The French swept onwards to Rheims, every town they reached surrendering within the day, and Dauphin Charles was crowned King Charles VII of France before crowds cheering or weeping at the extraordinary victory, with Joan having the place of honour beside him.

Crowds flocked to the king, and the mood in the country was ecstatic.

Here's a photograph showing the king sitting down with Joan of Arc next to him.

Somebody is kneeling down in front of the king with a pair of keys.

Joan has some kind of bow in her hair, it seems like a crescent moon-shaped brooch or something, or piece of fabric.

The caption reads, What is that thing in her hair?

Seriously, what?

2.4 By my Martin, the place would have been taken.

At which point the French court agreed to a truce for two weeks, and their armies stopped campaigning for a while, while the English and Burgundians raised more armies.

No, really.

If at any point I've given you a positive impression of the competence of the French court, I do revoke it.

King Charles rode around accepting the fealty of various towns, while Joan constantly urged him to march swiftly on Paris and finish the war.

Jones' counsels failing, she begged him for the chance to retire.

She had successfully accomplished all of her prophecy tasks.