Monthly Archives: June 2021

I take no pleasure, none whatsoever, in the theory that Joan of Arc died having denied her voices. It is a depressing end, more depressing than the burning. Still, there are things that point away from it. The testimonies of … Continue reading →

Father Ladvenu, a Priest sympathetic to Joan, provides arguably the greatest challenge to my thesis that Joan died denying her voices, and I apparently missed him completely. Like Manchon, Fr. Ladvenu claims Joan held fast that her voices came from … Continue reading →

So I am going to make a shocking claim here, and before I do I want to be clear what I’m saying. Joan of Arc is a Saint, and deserves to be a Saint. Her trial was a hatchet job, … Continue reading →

For various reasons, I’ve been on a Joan of Arc kick recently (actually, d’Arc is more accurate, since Joan is from the village of Domremy and “d’Arc” is literally her father’s surname, but it’s a bit late now to fight … Continue reading →