EPISODE 42: Joan of Arc (Part 4)

“It is true that I wished and still wish to escape, as is lawful for any captive or prisoner.” Joan of Arc “I have greater fear of failing my voices in saying something that displeases them than I have of answering you.” Joan of Arc addressing a group of theologians in charge of deciding whether to burn her alive “Tear me limb from limb. I would rather have you cut my throat than tell you all I know.” Joan of Arc “I am the vine; you are the branches. Whoever abides in me and I in them, will produce much fruit. For apart from me you can do nothing. If anyone does not abide in me he is thrown away like a branch and withers; and the branches are gathered, thrown into the fire, and burned.” Jesus quoted in John 15:5-6 “There had been unjust ecclesiastical trials before, but Joan’s was one of the most unjust trial ever undertaken in any ecclesiastical court.” Timothy Wilson-Smith By 1429, the heir to the French throne was about to give up and flee in exile. The English and their Burgundian allies controlled huge parts of the country. With Orleans likely to fall in a not too distant future, the path was open for the English to conquer the rest of France. It looked like the game was up fo…