5 Facts about La Pucelle d'Orleans
- Her clothes
- first donned male clothes for her journey to the Dauphin's court.
- primary reason was protection from sexual assault : tunic, doublet, breeches and hose were complex pieces of clothing that took time to remove.
- there were occasions, even during war, where she wore female clothes, but never publicly, did not want her army to see her as a woman.
- Her eating habits
- very modest appetite
- meals often consisted only of pieces of bread dipped in wine mixed with water.
- refrained from attending feasts, even on days of celebration.
- Her Childhood
- spent her time sewing and spinning, praying alone in Church, imploring God to have pity on France.
- used to see her brothers return with black eyes from their "battles", never joined them.
- Jeanne made garlands, like other children her age, but preferred offering them to statues of saints in the church, especially St. Margaret and St. Catherine.
- Her religious inclinations
- pious, devoted to God and the Virgin Mary.
- attended mass daily, fell to her knees when she heard church bells ringing.
- frequently sought time for prayer, spent hours alone seeking counsel for her decisions regarding wars and conquests.
- Her beliefs
- voices that guided her were those of St. Catherine, St. Margaret and St. Michael, the Archangel
- God had send her to help crown the Dauphin as the rightful ruler of France
- in the end, unable to abandon her belief in the voices, but knew that they could not save her from a terrible death
Sources: http://archive.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_male_clothing.html http://www.wondersandmarvels.com/2015/05/defiant-dressing-what-joan-of-arc-wore.html http://www.mainlesson.com/display.php?author=lang&book=joan&story=childhood http://www.monio.info/2014/01/15/secrets-of-the-life-of-jeanne-darc-part-6-the-religious-factors/#chapter6
http://www.historyextra.com/article/premium/real-joan-arc
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