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5 min read🎙️ The Voices & The Context
- The Format: A lively historical narrative podcast episode delivered as a casual, banter-filled chat between two hosts, blending storytelling, analysis, and witty asides on Joan of Arc's campaigns after Orleans.
- The Key Players:
- Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook, the duo behind The Rest is History. Tom drives the dramatic retelling with vivid details; Dominic adds skeptical counterpoints, geopolitical context, and humorous jabs—creating electric chemistry like excited history nerds at a pub.
- The Vibe: Thrilling and glamorous, evoking epic chivalry with awe at Joan's feats, undercut by sharp banter, tension building to her capture—educational yet binge-worthy drama.
🗝️ Key Themes & Topics
This episode chronicles Joan of Arc's post-Orleans triumphs, her fusion of chivalric spectacle and spiritual power, the shifting tides of the Hundred Years' War, and the English/Burgundian backlash framing her as a witch.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (02:31) **Guy de Laval Witnesses Joan of Arc**
- 2 (03:05) **Relief of Orléans and Key French Captains**
- 3 (05:46) **Joan's Transformation and Performance**
- 4 (10:56) **Spiritual Influences and Comrades' Testimonies**
- 5 (16:11) **March to Reims: Jargeau and Patay Victories**
- 6 (21:58) **Surrender of Troyes and Road to Reims**
- 7 (29:17) **Coronation of Charles VII**
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Show Notes
How was Charles VII, with the help of Joan of Arc, able to fight his way to Reims to be crowned in the ancient seat of French kings? Why was she able to continually defeat the formidable soldiers of England, in battle? And, how was Joan’s legendary ascent finally brought shatteringly down, as she fell into the hands of her dreaded English enemies…?
Join Tom and Dominic as the discuss the apex of Joan of Arc’s many triumphs, her continued war with the English, and the terrible moment that would see her captured, cast in irons, and put on trial for her life…
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