Joan Of Arc Research Paper

Joan of Arc: A medieval legend. A visionary from God. A devout Christian. All have been used to describe one of Medieval Europe’s most famous inhabitants. But was she really? Who was Joan Of Arc? A messenger Of God? Or an insane, evil doing heretic, who listened only to the Devil himself? I believe Joan of Arc was a true messenger of God, and I have much evidence to suggest so.

Joan of Arc was a delusional young girl with a fierce spirit and lots of determination. She did not really have visions from God, but rather a form of epilepsy that is genetic and effects one area of the brain that caused her to see visions and hear voices. While these voices could have been from God himself, not every Christian gets visions from Him, and although Joan …show more content…
Perhaps Joan was so stubborn and headstrong to accept her visions were false, and therefore during her trail she was seen giving up and submitting to The Catholic Faith. After Joan’s trial, when she learnt she was to be burnt alive, Joan signed an abjuration agreeing to wear women’s clothing and obey the Church. Here we see Joan’s stubborn, headstrong character being slowly diminished. In the face of death, her so called ‘visions’ were deemed as nothing by Joan herself. To argue, Joan did reject her previous abjuration several days later, claiming her visions had come to her and God was displeased. She began to wear men’s clothing yet again. Her behaviour, however, after she did this, became much more frantic and her usual calm demeanour was completely gone. The cause of this could be for a number of things, however most likely her new demeanour was due to a rattling phycological event, such as being raped or sexually abused while she was locked up. To conclude, Jon of Arc was so headstrong and stubborn that she only accepted her visions were false in the presence of her imminent death and went back to her beliefs after a rattling phycological event made her feel safer in men’s