Charles VI, the fourth king of the Valois dynasty, was a madman; the one of his own uncle's family, that is, the dukes of Burgundy, controlled the government; the branch of his cousin's family, that is, the dukes of Orléans, always wanted to fight for the regency; the Hundred Years' War between England and France was in its white-hot stage, and King Henry V of England led his troops to fight; the Duke of Burgundy, in order to fight the Duke of Orléans, laid down Paris for the King of England and surrendered; the King of England became the regent of France and the successor to the French throne; the daughter of the Mad King married the King of England and gave birth to a son for him The Mad King's son fled to the south, preparing for a comeback.
Succinct enough, three words and two words to explain the background, in August 1422 the king died, october the death of the king, according to the previous agreement, the princess for the king of England gave birth to the child, became the king of England and The King of France Henry VI. The prince who fled to the south of France announced that he had succeeded to his father's throne, called Charles VII, and raised the banner of defending France against The British. But please see clearly that he did not "carry" the banner, but only "stand", because there is a famous girl who carries the banner for him, and she is the real "Wonder Woman" Joan of Arc.
Joan of Arc, born in 1412 in a small village in Champagne, France, was the daughter of a farmer. But don't be cognitively biased by life experience, to be precise, she was born into a small family of fifty acre farmers, and her father served as a petty official in the village. Teenage Joan of Arc herded sheep, flowers and the like every day, and was absolutely not hungry, and she was by no means an aristocrat.
How could such an ordinary girl lead the French army and the people? How can we drive out the British army and win victory? How can we help Charles VII to be officially crowned King? I summarize this process into three stages: entrusting the will of the gods, being used, and exploding the anger of the people, let's talk about them one by one.
Does Joan of Arc hate the British? Hate, his father lost an arm in the previous war. She claimed to have met three archangels at the age of 12 who had "come specifically to give Joan of Arc the mission to drive out the English and help crown Charles VII." At the age of 16, she ran to the front barracks, described the "miracle" to a local French officer, and asked the officer to take her to Charles VII. Do you think it's funny? The officer felt the same way.
At the age of 17, she came to the officer's station again, and this time instead of repeating her mission, she left a prophecy that the French army would lose at the Battle of Herring. As a result, after the news came from the front, which confirmed Joan of Arc's prophecy, the officer began to look at the girl differently, or at least did not dare to slow down. But ninety-two years have passed since the outbreak of the Hundred Years' War between England and France, and how many times has the French army won in the past ninety years? There are some things that cannot be said indiscriminately, I can only draw out the relevant clues and study them for the officials themselves.
The officer disguised Joan of Arc as a man and escorted him all the way to Charles VII's castle, and after some conversation, the seventh was also suspicious. At that time, Orléans, the most important barrier in southern France, was besieged by the British, and the people in the city were starving for a long time, and they were about to stage the tragic situation when Rouen was besieged. The SEVENTH had just organized a group of Orleans rescue troops to prepare for the front, and Joan of Arc was agreed to accompany the army as a knight.
Medieval knights, as the lowest level of the nobility, usually had their own little assets to maintain their lives, and in the event of war, they had to bring their own horses, equipment and weapons to serve the lords, and sometimes they even had to sell their property to fulfill this contractual obligation. This peasant girl did not have this condition, but in the process of lobbying for a year, several people had already believed in the "miracles" she encountered, so someone funded him to buy this set of military needs.
Before talking about joan of Arc's later sharp rise in prestige and brilliant achievements, it is necessary to understand why the French lords and nobles chose to use this girl. Is it really because of believing what she says about "miracles"? This element does not mean that all the nobles believe that it is a fact, but that the "miracle" theory has opened a "new door" for the nobles, or a new idea of counter-offensive.
Medieval wars were originally the business of the nobles, and in the nearly century-long war against Britain, the French nobles who had been defeated and defeated had been discredited in the hearts of the people, especially in the areas where the people were not happy because of the war, basically felt extremely anti-these incompetent nobles and knights. There was little hope of relying entirely on knights to counterattack, and although the nobles knew that if they could mobilize the masses, it would be the best way out, but where else did they get this appeal?
The new way of thinking that "miracles" opened up to the nobles was to make full use of the intellectual appeal of Christianity, and to spread and control this "divine power" through joan of Arc, the "middleman". That is to say, the French nobles, who have long been helpless and face life and death, urgently need to grasp the "life-saving straw" of Joan of Arc. And this role of Joan of Arc is perfectly appropriate, just imagine if you find a man from the existing nobility and declare that God sent him to save France, then what about the countless failures of the past? So a man of the same class as the populace is the most suitable; and wonder if a male peasant lobbied twice to meet Charles VII. Would the officer have an extra layer of doubt, wondering if the man wanted to take advantage of fame and title? And a girl who takes the initiative to go to the battlefield can make people more convinced of the purity of this matter.
As for how Joan of Arc performed on the battlefield, a peasant girl who had not received any military training, how capable she was in military command in actual combat, and what she said at the end of the burning column, we will leave it until the next issue.