So you decided to skip Patay. But of course there is 0 bias in this fucking channel. I can't wait to see your 5 minutes summary about the next 24 years of the war ! Maybe you're even going to, idk, briefly mention Formigny and Castillon ! But I should not be that optimistic. More seriously, you should have covered Patay. It's a blatant proof that heavy cavalry charges are not just dumb and useless tactics. Most people seriously think that longbowmen are some sorts of superhuman unbeatable warriors.
The Battle of Patay should have been covered in detail because it was important. A smaller French cavalry force ran down a force of English longbowmen at least twice their size for minimal losses. It showed that the English longbow tactics had fatal weaknesses that could be exploited to devastating effect when they were caught unprepared. In addition, each longbowman cut down was irreplaceable given how long it took to train them, so the loss of this force dealt a critical blow to the English army's capabilities for years.
"...The French had to use a cannon to take down a particularly big Englishman..." That must have been a prodigiously large Englishman if a cannon was REQUIRED to take him out.
Its cool to know that even though a particular name was forgotten his deeds were not. xD even though it took a bombard to knock this machine of a man out.
The most magical battle I ever heard. Imagine being on the french side, where you were almost with no hope to regain your country heck even your king wanted to leave the kingdom. Then suddenly out of nowhere, there's a maiden that claimed to be sent by god and then she turned the tide of the war, the army morale was up, the king crowned. No wonder french felt like God is on their side.
Joan of Arc at 17: saves her people, turns the tide of a century-long war and begins the path to sainthood. Me at 17: Lying in a park, drinking sangria from a bucket with a straw, wondering why I chose to pay to see Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug at the theaters twice. Not all of us are destined for greatness.
@Elivinture Seems like you are outdated. There is no moderniation in EU4 anymore. Also, Persia does not get events with military bonus. The very higest morale, would be Shinto Theocracy France. The very best quality would be dravidian culture and Indian tech Prussia (+10% discipline from Prussian Monarchy, up to +10% discipline from Marathas but more realisticly 8%, 10% infantry combat ability from a dravidian gov reform, +1 shock on generals also from Marathas and finally, the stupid Prussian ideas). Obviously, Dravidian Prussia is a tryhard thing that require a lot of bs, buuuuut, it is OP. If we go with something that can be done in MP, then normal Prussia rule the quality, with a few nearly as broken idea sets like Shimazu but no Prussian Monarchy (although, Theocratic Shimazu might be up there if it isn't Chinese tech tbh). The best overall nation would very much be Russia though, the numbers are utter stupidity and are completely unmatched.
Patay was a disaster for the english because Talbot tried to change his formations while the French vanguard of 1500 knights was already approaching ahead of the infantry. This allowed La Hire to pierce through their ranks and massacre their elite archers. Only Fastolf keeping his nerves allowed him to save half of the army. But those dead longbowmen were still a dear loss for England, and Talbot himself was captured.
@@simonrobillard Keep on dreaming with this channel. The fact the english army lost their backbone of elite archers forever in this battle and never recovered? Nah let's just say "ah they lost at patay btw" while mentioning Vernueil was nearly azincourt 2. You can feel they almost did another video on Vernueil.
"After years of one humiliating defeat after another, both the military and civil leadership of France were demoralized and discredited. When the Dauphin Charles granted Joan's urgent request to be equipped for war and placed at the head of his army, his decision must have been based in large part on the knowledge that every orthodox, every rational option had been tried and had failed. Only a regime in the final straits of desperation would pay any heed to an illiterate farm girl who said that the voice of God was instructing her to take charge of her country's army and lead it to victory."
So is this meant to be a dig at Joan or a neutral academic explanation? I sometimes cant tell since many people tend to handwave and shut down any exotic or fascinating cases in history, particularly if it involves religion or an unexpected minority.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 It's a historian's attempt at illustrating Charles's frame of mind in regards to Joan's miraculous appearance. I borrowed the quote from Wikipedia. It's not meant to denigrate her at all, but that's just how it was at first glance.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 probably academic, in all reality she was an illiterate farm girl with premonitions of speaking to god. Although her origins were simple, she was a testament to what someone can do to boost morale. This doesn’t mean she was some godly tactician though, she wasn’t skilled in warfare or fighting so basically she was just propaganda for the french. Most of what was written about her was biased so its hard to know the real truth. One thing to note is the horrible treatment of her by the french in her virginity trials, it really shows how the french capitalized on her ability to boost morale of french lords so that france still had a winning chance. All in all, she was the reason why England was pushed out of the bulk of france and why france didn’t inevitably fall into english hands.
@Abdul Jalloh That's what happens when you can only fight if you're entrenched. That preparation time itself is a liability. That being said, Joan of Arc wasn't at this battle.
@@NapoleonAquila The English didn't have many longbowmen in Castillon. They never recovered from how many of them they lost in Patay. Same as how the Ottomans never truly recovered from Lepanto not because of the ships they lost, those they recovered in months, but the archers they lost were never truly recovered.
Aha, I am proud of being a French man born in the Vosges, the French department where the maid of Lorraine, Joan of arc was born and lived during her childhood. She is one of our biggest pride, an absolute monument for our department. You can still visit her house in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, it is a modest and small place surrounded by History. If you have one day the opportunity to go to my department, I highly recommend visiting this place especially if you are a fan of History. :)
@@antokarman2064 It wasn't a witch trial, she was convicted of heresy by a corrupt pro-english bishop on the petty basis that she wore men clothing (the only charge they could build against her). There was no conviction of witchery or anything of the like. The trial was overturned twenty years later when the mother of Joan, Isabelle Romée asked the pope Nicolas V for the rehabilitation of her daughter. The transcripts of the 1430 trial and 1449 counter-trial with the testimonies of Joan's family, companions and men-at-arms are available online if you're interested.
Patay is known as the English Agincourt. Many of their commanders were captured and the majority of their elite archers were killed, thus losing their main battle force for a generation. It also marks the end of the bow’s prevalence and paved the way to the french final victory in the Hundred Years War. But the french weren’t 6.000. The battle began with 180 french knights charging the English, slaughtering the archers and forcing the english knights to flee and then a force of 1.400 french men-at-arms came to finish the job. The french were led by La Hire, Xaintrailles and Chabannes. Joan didn’t even participate to the battle, being only warned that the battle had began. She stayed with the bulk of the army because the others french commanders didn’t want to expose her furthermore to injuries in a big scale open battle and because when they saw the English army they chose to attack quickly with their 180 knights before the english had time to fully prepare their usual formation with archers. That proved to be the rights choice.
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Well of couse she didnt fight as she was a standard bearer and probably didnt actually want to kill anyone anyway also having said characetr everyone thinks is sent by god be slain on the battle would destroy moral
That's why God deserted his side and started to favour the French sending them Joan, no one with a heart would side with man that ordered the killing of Henry's parents in Skalitz
@@DarkKing009 „Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and when your [incompetent] officials and princes feast in the morning.“ - Ecclesiastes 10:16
@@Mirokuofnite ; agreed. Another example; When Alexander the Great was 16, he led a military campaign and defeated the Thracian Maedi. Alexander was a military leader prodigy but so was Joan. Girls/young women can be brilliant mathematicians, chess players and scientists. Lots of people often forget that.
@@bb1111116 wow calme down sire Just because she won a single sige doesn't mean she is a military genius l won't say l am an expert in Joan but form what l learn in extra credits history Joan was just a girl who now how to charge agents the opponent and most of the strategies and tactics that were used in this sige were actually from the French leaders in the army it kinda logical she was just a teenage peasant girl who never wielded a sword or was educated in military strategies and tactics anyway don't bring gender propaganda into history please
@@salahddinebensebane8429 Yeah you're right, if she did something it was mostly through her charisma, nothing indicates her leadership went beyond that. But it was enough, as (after her first victories) it changed the mind of several French nobles who, before that, kind of saw the Plantagenet's claim on the throne of France as legitimate. To get the engine (on the french side) started, what was needed was mainly the will to fight and to actively support the Capetian's claim. In the end, we don't know what she really "thought". It's possible she really had "visions" and was a bit crazy after some trauma. It's also possible she was just a very intelligent girl who just used that as a political tool because she knew how to move people. Or maybe a bit of the two, I think she had to be a tiny bit of a religious zealot, to a certain point, but that she had the brain to purposefully exagerate a little to make people do what she wanted them to do.
It always amazed me how Jeanne could persuade the dauphin to lend him an army and how she could persuade the commanders to work with her. She hits the trifecta of underprivilege of medieval times: a illiterate peasant, an untested teenager and a girl. Any of those would unqualify her 99% of the time for her quest. It’s like one in ten thousand chances she could even embark on the relief campaign, but then she delivered when French were at the end of a long chain of defeats even on occasions when they were the stronger side. Then she comes in and practically steamroll the opposition and turn the tables. Whether one believes a intervention from a divine presence or not, her achievements are nothing short of miraculous as much as any other recorded by history. I’m inspired whenever I hear of her story.
I'm crying and shaking right now, hugging my Union Jack blanket. What do you mean this isn't about Agincourt, or even Crecy? You're saying that OTHER things happened in the Hundred Years War?
God implemented her to balance the game, the British longbow men unit was too strong, so he gave the French a major moral and damage buff with Joan in the army.
@@givesmeconniptions7621 Not if Joan is backed by God, then any army is rendered useless, whether that be an army of men or legions of demons (When Jesus casually expelled a legion of demons from a person).
It's really sad that you didn't developp Patay and barely mentionned it : it was the French equivalent of Agzincourt. It really deserved more dedication.
It's a channel made by and for anglophones. They're not interested in covering French victories, as they demonstrated when they decided to skip the entire Caroline phase. Their bias is simply too strong, but honestly, what were we supposed to expect from an anglophone channel ?
@@givesmeconniptions7621 Wow, what an achievement. It's not like they decided to skip the entire Caroline phase while dedicating entire videos for each english victory. Videos that are full of inaccuracies on top of that. They also decided to just mention Patay, because apparently it's "strange and difficult" to cover when the English don't win, according to K&G themselves.
@@nolletthibault2031 you sound way too angry about this. The English victories were also way more exciting than the French ones, sorry to burst your bubble.
@@givesmeconniptions7621 They're more exciting to you because you're a nationalist anglo-saxon. Any battle can be made exciting with narration, they just decided to focus overwhelmingly on the english ones because they're biased.
If anime isn't real, then explain how God literally sent a 16 years old girl to fight for the desperate King of France against the English and won? That moment when at least 20 or so people don't know a certain concept called "joke"
Believe in her holiness or not, believe that god spoke to her or that she was simply mentally ill - it matters not. They story of Joan of Arc is an amazing one.
Joan: Begs the English to leave without a battle and weeps for their deaths Also Joan: Prepared to kill every single English soldier on French soil if necessary. Mercy and justice are not mutually exclusive.
This comment brought to my mind one of my favorite book series, His Fair Assassin. The first two books focus on that and *Spoiler ahead* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- it turns out that the two daughters of Death are in fact his mercy and his justice; two sides of the same dark coin. One releases the wounded and dying and one slays the enemies of death.
@@mathieudizzy9313 depends who you ask for the Orthodox yes it was hoped they'd help reverse the losses since the defeat at manzikert 25 years earlier and to some extent they did. The first Crusade took back a few Anatolian regions back for the Byzantines and destroyed a few Turkic armies that could otherwise have been used against the Byzantines but eventually they turned their attention away to their original task which was the liberation of Jerusalem and the levant. They succeeded at this but also carved out kingdoms and princedom's d''outremer for themselves. So for orthodox yes to recapture bits of Anatolia, for the Pope to decolonise the levant and for the Christian lords to carve out new lands and kingdoms for themselves.
french sergeant: "We can not take the fort, that big englishmen can easily kill anyone we send against him." Jean: "How about we use the big canon we are dragging with us - and aim it at him?" french sergeant: (It would be a wounder if it even hit the same bridge) "Prepare for fireing)." big englishmen: *falls backwards from the shoot, creates a earthquake* french soldigers: "God is with us, charge!"
@@mathieudizzy9313 Which crusade exactly? The official reason for the crusades was to ensure the safety of travel to the holy sites. The real reason, as always, was to extend the power (money) and influence of the warmongers at the cost of easy believing peasants.
@@molybdaen11 The reasons for every crusade I've read go back to the Seljuks and Ottomans, except the Latins took Constantinople. And since the ancestors of modern Turks were Ottomans and Seljuks, could it not be an attempt to expel the Turks from Anatolia?
I am looking forward to seeing how you guys will show the Battle of Castillon, the last hurrah of England's attempt to keep their French lands and a great decisive victory that not only secured French victory in the war, but changed the face of warfare forever as it was the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery, revolutionized by French artillery commander Jean Bureau.
@@nolletthibault2031 C'est tellement ça cette série c'est hallucinant. Une phrase sur Patay. Une. Pour le coup la chaine m'a tellement déçue sur le coup. Ca révèle pas mal le fait que c'est juste l'histoire vue par les anglo-saxons comme d'habitude.
@@lbdz9219 Mouais apres ils parlent pas non plus en detail de la bataille de Verneuil ou on a perdu 6000 gars. Trop de batailles pour faire des videos qui durent pas non plus cent ans
@@lbdz9219 Exagère pas, ils passe aussi sur pas mal de victoire Anglaises. Le truc, c'est qu'après Agincourt ils comptaient faire que des victoires Françaises (vu que c'est la phase), et ils veulent pas faire 20 épisodes non plus. Si ils ne font qu'un ep pour la suite (Formigny et Castillon surtout), ça fera déjà au total 3 eps sur la France et 3 aussi sur l'Angleterre. Si il en font deux séparés, y aura carrément plus d'eps Fr que l'inverse. Ca va. Après c'est vrai que j'aurais aimé voir plus sur Du Guesclin, là c'était allé un peu vite. Mais ici encore ça va je trouve à coté.
It's a bit short without context. At her trial she had to defend herself. She was asked 'Do you know if you are in the grace of God?" This was a trap. Answering "yes" would have been sinful pride and answering 'no", an acknowledgement of being a sinner. Her answer was really clever and shows she was not a poor uneducated shepherd.
@@alexandrelarsac9115well the papal interviews with all her town shows she was an uneducated shepherded. She couldn’t read or write. It shows what happens when you have complete and utter devotion to God: you speak incredible things you yourself could never have conjured up yourself.
"God loves the Englishmen, as long as they stay in England." - St. Jehanne d'Arc, allegedly "Fully pardon each other willingly, as faithful Christians should do; and if it should please you to make war, then go against the Saracens." - St. Jehanne d'Arc, to Duke Philippe III. de Bourgogne "The power of faith; pass it on. Fear nothing! Go forward, and God shall prepare the way for you.“ - St. Jehanne d‘Arc, to the French soldiers I love her so much it's unreal.
Thank you again Kings and Generals…the GODS of quality historical war documentaries! I found this channel roughly 18 months ago, and have been amazed at the quality of your work, the speed at which y’all upload new videos, and just the vastness of the material you cover. I consider myself a bit of a history buff, yet I have learned so much from your videos that I have probably damn near doubled my knowledge of past campaigns/wars/battles, and for that I am grateful. Thanks again for your content, and can’t wait for the next upload!
@@JacopoSkydweller you cannot inspire interest in everybody! And documentaries and movies are clearly not the best way to actually learn something about history! They can be used additionally, when the facts are taught... but they cannot used without giving context beforehand! They almost always oversimplify and add drama, to make it more compelling/entertaining!
Joan of Arc is a literally JRPG character in real life. She gets dreams from god about being the chosen hero, gets armor and weapons from the king for her quest, a band of likely heroes from around her, and she saves the entire country. Also don't think I didn't see that Revenge of the Sith joke.
God was not in the picture ! They were no dreams. Nothing Japanese here ! No King , only a Dauphin which was controlled by Yolande d'Anjou, he had no authority ! She didn't save the ''entire country'' , the English were still in Normandy for 20 years after he death in 1431 and for another 50 years in other regions. However, she was a brilliant woman who played an important role in the Hundred Year War.
@Nayana Ariyarathna If you think a 16 years old could take on a trained english infantryman, you're wrong. Logically she'd have been a mascot, a person to look upon on the battlefield. It's inspiring sure, but realistically wrong.
The witch king of England: You fool, no Frenchman can defeat me Joan: I am no Frenchman, you look upon a Frenchwoman Also the meme would be more complete if the text bubble said It's over Glasdale, I have the solid ground
Actually, Joan was not officially canonized until the 20th century, although it’s entirely possible that members of the French clergy might’ve already declared her one back then
Battle of Patay exists Kings and Generals: "Let's pretend it was just a minor French victory by just barely mentioning it, they won't even notice it" English people: "We almost won every battle, we were just unlucky towards the end... We would have won the 100 years war if it were not for God supporting the French! Long live the King!!!" French people: "Are you kidding me ? This must be a joke!"
They want to keep some space for the other(s?) video(s). Don't be like that, it's already a good thing that they didn't just do Crecy/Poitier/Agincourt and just stopped there. I like this series, even if some part are rather fast yeah.
@@jnes624 They didn't outnumber them (in Patay there was 4 times more English soldiers), and France was a state of civil war. During most of the war, a part of France was always against France with the "English". It was a dynastic war before all, not really a kingdom against another one. That's the problem when you only know Crecy/Poitier/Agincourt, you assume the ratio is the same for every battle, it's not. Also, what do you mean by "so long" ? You know that during most of the war England had less territories than before the war started right ? There was only two temporary periods in which England held significant additionnal territories.
I have never EVER (and believe me, I'm a huge history geek) enjoyed history lessons so MUCH as when I hear you guys explain historical events in the detail that you do. (note: fanboy incoming) I could only wish I had a history teacher like any of you guys back in the days when I was still at school. Cheers fellas! And see you in the next adventure!
Actually, despite no french student knows about the battle of Patay, it is the very origin of the well known french expression “mettre une pâtée“ which means to beat someone completely .
Alexander the Great: Trained since childhood to become the King of Macedon. Taught military stratagems and inherited a powerful professional army from his father. Never lost a battle. Conquered the unstable Achaemenid Persian Empire. Khalid ibn al-Walid: Fought over 200 battles and won every single one of them, being extremely outnumbered in some. Conquered the unstable Sassanid Persian Empire, and much of the Roman East. Joan of Arc: 15 year old girl who's mere presence raises the morale of her troops. Does not have a military background or training. Wins every battle she fought anyways, later proclaimed a Saint by the Catholic Church.
History is stranger than fiction at times. That someone with an amateur's resume triumphed over the professionals isn't even unique to that conflict. The greatest single tactical performance by a general in the American War of Independence for example was at Cowpens by Daniel Morgan, a man who had been a common teamster during the French & Indian War. Arguably the best tactician of the American War of Independence, he had began that conflict with much less command experience than many of the other British & American generals who had commanded either regular or militia troops in that conflict or in continental European armies.
I wonder if Joan was the morale boosting public face of a group of commanders. A 15 y.o. girl works as a symbol of purity and therefore divinity. A 15 y.o. successfully managing an army proves something miraculous is happening. All of this makes for a highly inspirational and catchy story to rally the people. Maybe she was the mask for someone gifted and experienced in war. Joan how did you know a tactical retreat would work? I was told by field marsh.....I mean... I was told by god.
@@KTA1sVidsandFacts yeah, she could have been an extreme intellect, a child prodigy with top percentile intelligence. She'd still need some guidance from an experienced, connected, and powerful adult though.
If we know the history of Europe, France is a bit like Rome, she loses battles but always ends up winning the war (with a few exceptions). But Joan of Arc was not alone, she was accompanied by: la Hire, Gilles de Rai, Dunois and so many other famous or anonymous people. I would like a video on the battle of Patay; where the French knights have eradicated the English archers (a rather enjoyable revenge). Greetings to the English people we no longer call them: Les fourbes Anglais venus de la perfide Albion ^^. Maintenant nos différents se règlent lors du CRUNCH le tournoi des nations ^^ Vive le Rugby
Lol I’m not sure that getting harassed and trolled and chevauched constantly by a nation 5X smaller than yourself can make you in any way comparable to “Rome” The english won more battles and the french never stepped foot on English soil. English victories are immortal in history, they beat the odds and subsequently the English were the most revered warriors in Europe even AFTER Joan of arc
Because there's always such (well-deserved) hype around Joan, I've never known exactly how she and the French commanders lifted the siege at Orleans. You guys showed how it was done - thanks!
Thanks for this beautiful explanation of the siege of Orléans. An episode entirely describing Loire Valley campaign and the battle of Patay would be perfect.
Don't count on this. They already decided to skip the entire caroline phase and they know that their primary audience is anglophone nationalists who are uninterested in hearing about french victories. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to outright skip the next 24 years of the war.
@@nolletthibault2031 Your comment is possibly correct ! and, being a non Englishman, I do not take sides ! You mentioned that the English are ''uninterested in hearing about French victories '' . It is also possible that the French are not interested in hearing about English victories. This would make sense. This is simply a TH-cam video, it won't changed the History of the Hundred Year War. We all know what happened at the end. Why the ''French'' were able to succeed to retake Normandy. Here a few ideas... 1. Yolande d'Anjou's involvement, especially at Orléans and Jehanne la Pucelle. Jehanne la Pucelle , a brilliant woman who made a different at Orléans. 2. The Scottish troops on French soil, 7000 troops in 1419 another 5000, later. The Auld Alliance ! 3. The French used gunpowder on a larger scale and a lot sooner than the English military. The English longbows were suddenly a lot less effective against gunpowder weaponry 4. Agnès Sorel's influence on a depressive Charles VII ,she played an important role . 5. The War of the Roses in England, stopped the English's military efforts to keep Normandy..
@@thierrylofoten4470 Never said it was the cause of the English defeat, it was '' one'' of the numerous events which contributed to the departure of the English aristocracy from Normandy ; similarly to most wars, several elements are often needed to change the outcome ! Without the War of the Roses, what would have been the end result ?
when it comes to showing battles won by the English such as Azincourt and Crécy. There is a whole episode to explain the battle. However when it comes to a battle won by France such as Patay, we can only sum up with one sentence. This shows that we glorify the victories but that we hide the defeats on this anglophone channel. But it remains one good quality channel.
It's probably an accidental byproduct of those having greater recognition in the anglosphere, which probably contributes to the most viewership, rather than an intentional bias. I do approve of the idea of going out of the way to focus more on Patay and similar battles, though. They do well on that point with coverage of ottoman-timurid wars and other overlooked things in general.
@@lahire4943 I believe Orléans was the most important military encounter ! Should Orléans had fallen, the door to the Loire Valley would have been totally opened. Chinon would have been next , then Loches ! And, having the Dauphin ready to depart for Scotland and Yolande d'Anjou leaving , south. The Scottish troops were on French soil, possibly they would have stopped the English' advance. Patay and Azincourt were mainly ''tactical errors'' made by both sides, the English bowmen and the French knights. At Patay, the English were not preparing, by using wooden spikes for flank protection and were giving their position, by hunting. Stupid ! At Azincourt, the Knights badly calculated the distance of the English bowmen and were advancing in a soaked fields. Bad decision ! They thought they would have reached them easily since the bowmen were at that time, closer to them ... The English were using 31 inch arrows with a 800 to 1200 grain bodkin point, enough power to knock down a knight or a foot soldier, even if the bodkin needle point wouldn't pierced good solid armor. However, as seen on Medieval paintings, the Medieval War horses were killed by many arrows.... a sad scene and the knights were suddenly in peril.
Joan was awesome and indeed directed by saints visiting her regularly from from heaven. She had no prior military education, yet she knew how to expertly order the canons and troops, and was made The General of the French Army.
From Henry V. we can learn many lessons: 1: Archers are super effective against heavy cav when the ground is muddy and you have high ground. 2: No matter how bad things are, never give up. 3: When you are ill, you should stay in yer ducking bed!
Preview of the next episode: Pierre Cauchon: Execute Order 66. A group Burgundians who "defected" from the English forces quickly gathered behind Joan of Arc with their weapons ready to strike at her.
One small error in the script at 9:00: A Sapper/Sapeur is responsible for works above ground. A commander wanting to undermine a fortification would use miners/mineurs. If you want to cross a river the commander would use pontooner/pontonniers. All of those are then aggregated as pioneers/pionnier.
Great video. I would have liked to see more from the battle of Patay though. How could the French deal with the english longbows which seemed to win every field battle so far?
The English lost quite a few battles in the Caroline phase (1369-1382), but KG decided to skip these French victories, deeming them "strange and difficult" to cover according to their pinned comment under their video about the period.
On dit que la bataille de Patay est la revanche d’Azincourt. C’est aussi la revanche de la journée des Harengs, bataille beaucoup moins connue qu’Azincourt, mais qui, sans l’intervention de Jeanne d’Arc, aurait eu d’énormes conséquences pour la France. La Journée des Harengs et la Bataille de Patay se sont déroulées pratiquement sur le même site (à 2 km de distance) à 20 km d’Orléans. Le combattants étaient en grande partie les mêmes ( Fastolf, Simon de Morhier, Dunois, La Hire, Xaintrailles et beaucoup d’autres…) Les 2 batailles ont été importantes. Suite à la Journée des Harengs, les français étaient sur le point d’abandonner Orléans, quant à la bataille de Patay, on peut dire qu’elle est le tournant de la guerre de Cent Ans. On a longtemps pensé que la Journée des Harengs s’était déroulée à Rouvray St Denis. En réalité c’était à Rouvray Ste Croix, plus au sud. Dans sa biographie de Fastolf, l’écrivain américain Stephen Cooper explique l’origine de l’erreur. The Battle of Patay is said to be Azincourt’s revenge. It is also the revenge of Herrings Day, a battle much less well-known than Azincourt, but which, without Joan of Arc's intervention, would have had enormous consequences for France. Herring Day and the Battle of Patay took place on virtually the same site (2 km away) 20 km from Orleans. The fighters were largely the same (Fastolf, Simon de Morhier, Dunois, La Hire, Xaintrailles and many others ...) The 2 battles were important. Following Herrings Day, the French were on the verge of abandoning Orleans, as for the Battle of Patay, it can be said that it was the turning point of the Hundred Years War. For a long time it was thought that Herring Day took place in Rouvray St Denis. In reality it was in Rouvray Ste Croix, further south. In his biography of Fastolf, American writer Stephen Cooper explains the origin of the error. (Google translate translation)
The story of Jeanne d'Arc almost seems like fiction to me. It's so extraordinary that a young girl could get the command of an army and turn of tide of this war. She helped crown a King too. It's no wonder the morale was boosted through the roof. They really thought God was on their side.
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Between the Franco-Prussia War and WW1 the wrecked city of Paris only made one large goverment funded statue. It was Joan Of Arc. Any other statues were privately funded.
A lesser known fact is that during the 100-years war is that the English actively tried to colonize and settle Normandy and other regions of France. Would've been interesting to see an alternative reality where Henry V lived.
Actually, I agree (and I live few meters from the castle where Henry V died, in France : le château de Vincennes 🙂). Because at this time, England was 3 millions inhabitants, and France 20 millions. Most of the aristocrats families had anglo-norman-french roots (Bohun, family of Henry V's mother, Plantagenets themselves, Harcourt, Deverreux, etc, etc…). So, probably, as Henry V did, the capital would have moved to France, and to Paris, and the English elite would have been absorbed by the French one, because lot of them shared the same roots. And maybe, maybe it would have been a single country. But in my opinion, I don't think so. Despite their first military and political successes, Henry V and his heirs started a typical "medieval" war, when countries and nations were still a moving conception. But in the XVth century, France had already started to elaborate its "national identity" (in fact, the Hundred years war truly speeded the process lol), and an English king would have not been tolerated on a long term. Look what happened during the Reform : despite all the civil fights and wars between French catholics and French protestants, the foreign catholic family who conveyed the throne (the dukes de Guise) was rejected and a protestant prince, from the French royal family, was prefered, on the condition he would convert to catholicism. But even before his conversion, he was supported by the vast majority of the people. Because he was "French".
HERE WE GO, BABY! It's like that moment when you reach the highest point on a roller coaster, waiting for the drop. Crecy, Poiters and Agincourt were just a build up to this. Never clicked so fast on a TH-cam vid.
Aoe2 is what originally inspired me to learn history some 25 years ago. I must of read every word in the histories in the menu. I am a compete history nerd to this day.
@@nightfall5879 The menu histories were actually a fantastic thing to put in, to let people read the rea history if they want, or they can just play the game. I think it's indicative of the creators being history nerds themselves :)
@@RayB1656 I don't believe it was fiction. It had a lot of historical accuracies and a lot of historical studies went into writing that book. 10 years to be exact. There might have been some fiction in it, be to say that the whole book is a work of fiction is erronus.
@@h.p6016 This is incorrect ! Mark Twain never read the hand written Latin documents concerning Jehanne la Pucelle. He took the classical story and made his own interpretation. Nothing unusual , during that period, hundred of writers were doing exactly the same ! That is why we have today more than 20,000 books on this subject and they are often quite different. No wonder there is so much confusion. Here are a very few items which Twain was unaware.. He didn't know about the story of Franquet d'Arras and where Jehanne released him to be executed.. The correspondence with Sigismund I ? He was not aware of the important role of Yolande d'Anjou and her son René d'Anjou. Yolande was the mastermind behind the story, even with Charles mistress, Agnès Sorel. He didn't know that Jehann's father was the prévôt of the entire region, under Robert de Bandricourt. He didn't know Jehanne was jousting at the court of the Duke of Lorraine, in 1427 ! He was not aware Jehanne never used that particular family name '' d'ARC '' in her lifetime, it is simply an invention of the 17th century...( please see Prof Henri Guillemin, French Historian. ) How about the 12,500+ Scottish troops on French soil, which played a major role in the Hundred Year War, the 116 year war, to be exact. The Auld Alliance ?? Without he Scots....history would have been different. He didn't know that Perceval de Boulainvilliers , adviser to Charles VII, was in error concerning Jehanne la Pucelle'a day of birth.... and so on ....
13:12 You can get it right here: displate.com/displate/4726615
Please upload series on mughal conquest of India
Please continue Soviet Afghan war
I see what painting you used for Joan of Arc.
But thats 16th century armor
So you decided to skip Patay. But of course there is 0 bias in this fucking channel.
I can't wait to see your 5 minutes summary about the next 24 years of the war ! Maybe you're even going to, idk, briefly mention Formigny and Castillon ! But I should not be that optimistic.
More seriously, you should have covered Patay. It's a blatant proof that heavy cavalry charges are not just dumb and useless tactics. Most people seriously think that longbowmen are some sorts of superhuman unbeatable warriors.
@@suvinsai8821 they have at least 5 videos about that you mongoloid
The Battle of Patay should have been covered in detail because it was important.
A smaller French cavalry force ran down a force of English longbowmen at least twice their size for minimal losses. It showed that the English longbow tactics had fatal weaknesses that could be exploited to devastating effect when they were caught unprepared. In addition, each longbowman cut down was irreplaceable given how long it took to train them, so the loss of this force dealt a critical blow to the English army's capabilities for years.
Patay is probably more impotant than Orleans militarily, even if it wasn't as much of a turning point.
A small mobile light unit Can destroy background heavy artillery.
Wow patay means dead in Philippine language
Agreed, Patay was as crushing a defeat for the English as Agincourt had been for the French, with long-term repercussions.
Also it gave Shakespeare the inspiration for Falstaff
"...The French had to use a cannon to take down a particularly big Englishman..."
That must have been a prodigiously large Englishman if a cannon was REQUIRED to take him out.
Prodigious size alone does not dissuade the rounded shot!
im curious at that too,he might have been like tyson fury big.
Probably was the english equivalent of Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.
I love the little things in history like that. "Dear diary. Today we killed a particularly large Englishman with a cannon."
Its cool to know that even though a particular name was forgotten his deeds were not. xD even though it took a bombard to knock this machine of a man out.
The most magical battle I ever heard.
Imagine being on the french side, where you were almost with no hope to regain your country heck even your king wanted to leave the kingdom.
Then suddenly out of nowhere, there's a maiden that claimed to be sent by god and then she turned the tide of the war, the army morale was up, the king crowned. No wonder french felt like God is on their side.
Joan of Arc at 17: saves her people, turns the tide of a century-long war and begins the path to sainthood.
Me at 17: Lying in a park, drinking sangria from a bucket with a straw, wondering why I chose to pay to see Hobbit: Desolation of Smaug at the theaters twice.
Not all of us are destined for greatness.
On the plus side nobody burnt you at the stake.
@@Zoey-- yet at least
I've went (paid by my cousin) to see The Battle of Five Armies in 4D Cinestar. Worst movie experience ever!
@@domagoj905 I imagine I'd rather be burnt at the stake for heresy after a highly political mock trial than do that
I mean it depends mon ami. How big was that bucket?
They lost their nerve because they knew France had unlocked Elan +20% morale idea .
Laughs in Prussian Discipline
Laughs in UNLIMITED RUSSIAN MANPOWERRR.
How much i love our community
@@seansimoce1842 Laughs in Iena-Auerstedt
@Elivinture Seems like you are outdated. There is no moderniation in EU4 anymore. Also, Persia does not get events with military bonus. The very higest morale, would be Shinto Theocracy France. The very best quality would be dravidian culture and Indian tech Prussia (+10% discipline from Prussian Monarchy, up to +10% discipline from Marathas but more realisticly 8%, 10% infantry combat ability from a dravidian gov reform, +1 shock on generals also from Marathas and finally, the stupid Prussian ideas).
Obviously, Dravidian Prussia is a tryhard thing that require a lot of bs, buuuuut, it is OP. If we go with something that can be done in MP, then normal Prussia rule the quality, with a few nearly as broken idea sets like Shimazu but no Prussian Monarchy (although, Theocratic Shimazu might be up there if it isn't Chinese tech tbh). The best overall nation would very much be Russia though, the numbers are utter stupidity and are completely unmatched.
French Commanders: Here's a relatively sound plan full of reason
Joan: Defend? Nah. We gonna get 'em.
WAGA HATA YO
WAGA DOUHOU MAMORI TAMAE
LUMINOSELLE ETERNELLE
Extra Credits reference. Good one!
@@ninjaluc79
Believe or not I got her alongside with Dante and Summer BB in one roll back in Servantfest 😅
"Say it with me. Get emmmmmmmmm"
@@NapoleonAquila Joan = Jeanne en anglais, c'est pareille pour John the fearless= Jean sans peur
Patay was a disaster for the english because Talbot tried to change his formations while the French vanguard of 1500 knights was already approaching ahead of the infantry. This allowed La Hire to pierce through their ranks and massacre their elite archers. Only Fastolf keeping his nerves allowed him to save half of the army. But those dead longbowmen were still a dear loss for England, and Talbot himself was captured.
Cool ! It think it would have been even even better to... I don't know... See this battle depicted instead of summarizing it in a single sentence.
@@simonrobillard Keep on dreaming with this channel. The fact the english army lost their backbone of elite archers forever in this battle and never recovered? Nah let's just say "ah they lost at patay btw" while mentioning Vernueil was nearly azincourt 2. You can feel they almost did another video on Vernueil.
The English never really recovered from Patay. They never deployed archers in mass numbers abroad again.
@@Altrantis I know it's irrelevant, but I'm solving a riddle. Is there a community that originated in Central Asia and East Asia and is now in Europe?
@@sofiapellegrini7094 The Turks
"After years of one humiliating defeat after another, both the military and civil leadership of France were demoralized and discredited. When the Dauphin Charles granted Joan's urgent request to be equipped for war and placed at the head of his army, his decision must have been based in large part on the knowledge that every orthodox, every rational option had been tried and had failed. Only a regime in the final straits of desperation would pay any heed to an illiterate farm girl who said that the voice of God was instructing her to take charge of her country's army and lead it to victory."
Ill go casually pray for guidance after i got struck in the neck by an arrow
As they say in Hokuto no Ken: "Hey as long as it works".
So is this meant to be a dig at Joan or a neutral academic explanation? I sometimes cant tell since many people tend to handwave and shut down any exotic or fascinating cases in history, particularly if it involves religion or an unexpected minority.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 It's a historian's attempt at illustrating Charles's frame of mind in regards to Joan's miraculous appearance. I borrowed the quote from Wikipedia. It's not meant to denigrate her at all, but that's just how it was at first glance.
@@ramenbomberdeluxe4958 probably academic, in all reality she was an illiterate farm girl with premonitions of speaking to god. Although her origins were simple, she was a testament to what someone can do to boost morale. This doesn’t mean she was some godly tactician though, she wasn’t skilled in warfare or fighting so basically she was just propaganda for the french. Most of what was written about her was biased so its hard to know the real truth. One thing to note is the horrible treatment of her by the french in her virginity trials, it really shows how the french capitalized on her ability to boost morale of french lords so that france still had a winning chance. All in all, she was the reason why England was pushed out of the bulk of france and why france didn’t inevitably fall into english hands.
The battle of Patay... or the battle where English longbowmen became literal pâté on account of mounted men at arms
That one deserved its own video!
@@lahire4943 Right haha
@Abdul Jalloh That's what happens when you can only fight if you're entrenched. That preparation time itself is a liability.
That being said, Joan of Arc wasn't at this battle.
@@NapoleonAquila The English didn't have many longbowmen in Castillon. They never recovered from how many of them they lost in Patay. Same as how the Ottomans never truly recovered from Lepanto not because of the ships they lost, those they recovered in months, but the archers they lost were never truly recovered.
@@pbouca Yeah, I wanted one. There's basically no videos on that battle on TH-cam.
Aha, I am proud of being a French man born in the Vosges, the French department where the maid of Lorraine, Joan of arc was born and lived during her childhood. She is one of our biggest pride, an absolute monument for our department. You can still visit her house in Domrémy-la-Pucelle, it is a modest and small place surrounded by History. If you have one day the opportunity to go to my department, I highly recommend visiting this place especially if you are a fan of History. :)
I assume your city doesn't have a very good impression of paris and london after that infamous witch trial?
@@antokarman2064 It wasn't a witch trial, she was convicted of heresy by a corrupt pro-english bishop on the petty basis that she wore men clothing (the only charge they could build against her). There was no conviction of witchery or anything of the like.
The trial was overturned twenty years later when the mother of Joan, Isabelle Romée asked the pope Nicolas V for the rehabilitation of her daughter.
The transcripts of the 1430 trial and 1449 counter-trial with the testimonies of Joan's family, companions and men-at-arms are available online if you're interested.
It’s one of my dreams to go there one day, I live in California.
Patay is known as the English Agincourt. Many of their commanders were captured and the majority of their elite archers were killed, thus losing their main battle force for a generation. It also marks the end of the bow’s prevalence and paved the way to the french final victory in the Hundred Years War.
But the french weren’t 6.000. The battle began with 180 french knights charging the English, slaughtering the archers and forcing the english knights to flee and then a force of 1.400 french men-at-arms came to finish the job. The french were led by La Hire, Xaintrailles and Chabannes. Joan didn’t even participate to the battle, being only warned that the battle had began. She stayed with the bulk of the army because the others french commanders didn’t want to expose her furthermore to injuries in a big scale open battle and because when they saw the English army they chose to attack quickly with their 180 knights before the english had time to fully prepare their usual formation with archers. That proved to be the rights choice.
@@mr.s2005 Hello my friend, I am solving a riddle, I would be glad if you could answer my three questions.
1) The longest surviving empire in European history
2) The nation that closed the Middle Ages (say the nation, not the country)
3) The country that played the biggest role in the discovery of the Americas
@@mathieudizzy9313 Spain
Well of couse she didnt fight as she was a standard bearer and probably didnt actually want to kill anyone anyway also having said characetr everyone thinks is sent by god be slain on the battle would destroy moral
Ironic that Henry allied with Sigismund...he DID burn Skalitz afterall.
I feel quite Hungarian
Jesus Christ be praised
😂
The French from 1415-1421
Henry's come to see us!
That's why God deserted his side and started to favour the French sending them Joan, no one with a heart would side with man that ordered the killing of Henry's parents in Skalitz
Immagin Henry V desappointement when he realise that all his life work got destroyed by 15 year old girl
If he ever met his son Henry the 6th. It'll be even worse
@@DarkKing009 „Woe to you, O land, when your king is a child and when your [incompetent] officials and princes feast in the morning.“ - Ecclesiastes 10:16
@@Mirokuofnite ; agreed. Another example; When Alexander the Great was 16, he led a military campaign and defeated the Thracian Maedi.
Alexander was a military leader prodigy but so was Joan. Girls/young women can be brilliant mathematicians, chess players and scientists.
Lots of people often forget that.
@@bb1111116 wow calme down sire
Just because she won a single sige doesn't mean she is a military genius l won't say l am an expert in Joan but form what l learn in extra credits history Joan was just a girl who now how to charge agents the opponent and most of the strategies and tactics that were used in this sige were actually from the French leaders in the army
it kinda logical she was just a teenage peasant girl who never wielded a sword or was educated in military strategies and tactics anyway don't bring gender propaganda into history please
@@salahddinebensebane8429 Yeah you're right, if she did something it was mostly through her charisma, nothing indicates her leadership went beyond that.
But it was enough, as (after her first victories) it changed the mind of several French nobles who, before that, kind of saw the Plantagenet's claim on the throne of France as legitimate. To get the engine (on the french side) started, what was needed was mainly the will to fight and to actively support the Capetian's claim.
In the end, we don't know what she really "thought". It's possible she really had "visions" and was a bit crazy after some trauma. It's also possible she was just a very intelligent girl who just used that as a political tool because she knew how to move people. Or maybe a bit of the two, I think she had to be a tiny bit of a religious zealot, to a certain point, but that she had the brain to purposefully exagerate a little to make people do what she wanted them to do.
It always amazed me how Jeanne could persuade the dauphin to lend him an army and how she could persuade the commanders to work with her. She hits the trifecta of underprivilege of medieval times: a illiterate peasant, an untested teenager and a girl. Any of those would unqualify her 99% of the time for her quest. It’s like one in ten thousand chances she could even embark on the relief campaign, but then she delivered when French were at the end of a long chain of defeats even on occasions when they were the stronger side. Then she comes in and practically steamroll the opposition and turn the tables. Whether one believes a intervention from a divine presence or not, her achievements are nothing short of miraculous as much as any other recorded by history. I’m inspired whenever I hear of her story.
I'm crying and shaking right now, hugging my Union Jack blanket. What do you mean this isn't about Agincourt, or even Crecy? You're saying that OTHER things happened in the Hundred Years War?
🤣🤣 chill mate this osnt even on your home soil
@@xenotypos The Hundred Years War created a separate English identity from France
@@dunsdonjone1537 its obviously banter
@@colbunkmust He's taking the piss...
You know. Once every 3 or 4 hundred years, France wins a few battles
Joan of Arc sounds like a cheat code a player will enter when losing a game....
9999 infinite morale
The Brits always have the unlimited money cheat code on the otherhand. They always find ways to get gold to wage war when they are broke.
@@N1Zer0 proved useful against napoleaon
God implemented her to balance the game, the British longbow men unit was too strong, so he gave the French a major moral and damage buff with Joan in the army.
@@N1Zer0 lmao raise war tax
Henry V: "I have an army".
France: "We have a Joan"
Henry V would have absolutely destroyed the french army.
@@givesmeconniptions7621 Not if Joan is backed by God, then any army is rendered useless, whether that be an army of men or legions of demons (When Jesus casually expelled a legion of demons from a person).
"Don't try it Glasdale, I have the high ground!"
-Joan of Arc probably.
French: Alright, here is a genuine plan to defend the city reasonably.
Joan: Lerois Jeankins!
See what you did there
Now thats a proper comment
@@Pilafcg Now, that's soldiering
This is criminally underrated. Kudos for a culturally inclusive bit!
Nicely done, my good sir.
If this were fiction, this is the part where we start complaining about deus ex machina.
As Tom Clancy famously said "the only difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense".
Joan of Arc is a Mary Sue. Too op, please nerf
@@AeneasGemini so... She makes everyone simp for her so hard that they managed to do the impossible?
Realistic
@@kimok4716 The awful thing is, they did.
Honestly i think we would complain far earlier about English "plot armor".
It's really sad that you didn't developp Patay and barely mentionned it : it was the French equivalent of Agzincourt. It really deserved more dedication.
It's a channel made by and for anglophones. They're not interested in covering French victories, as they demonstrated when they decided to skip the entire Caroline phase. Their bias is simply too strong, but honestly, what were we supposed to expect from an anglophone channel ?
@@nolletthibault2031 they literally just showed the english losing a battle.
@@givesmeconniptions7621 Wow, what an achievement. It's not like they decided to skip the entire Caroline phase while dedicating entire videos for each english victory. Videos that are full of inaccuracies on top of that. They also decided to just mention Patay, because apparently it's "strange and difficult" to cover when the English don't win, according to K&G themselves.
@@nolletthibault2031 you sound way too angry about this. The English victories were also way more exciting than the French ones, sorry to burst your bubble.
@@givesmeconniptions7621 They're more exciting to you because you're a nationalist anglo-saxon. Any battle can be made exciting with narration, they just decided to focus overwhelmingly on the english ones because they're biased.
If anime isn't real, then explain how God literally sent a 16 years old girl to fight for the desperate King of France against the English and won?
That moment when at least 20 or so people don't know a certain concept called "joke"
English Army when Joan apears: NANI!!
A real life game Joan of Arc, but a sad ending, she was burned, poor girl.
he didn't
We're gonna need an OP and ED.
@@werdna55 I know it's irrelevant, but I'm solving a riddle. Is there a community that originated in Central Asia and East Asia and is now in Europe?
Believe in her holiness or not, believe that god spoke to her or that she was simply mentally ill - it matters not. They story of Joan of Arc is an amazing one.
Joan: Begs the English to leave without a battle and weeps for their deaths
Also Joan: Prepared to kill every single English soldier on French soil if necessary.
Mercy and justice are not mutually exclusive.
This comment brought to my mind one of my favorite book series, His Fair Assassin. The first two books focus on that and *Spoiler ahead* ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- it turns out that the two daughters of Death are in fact his mercy and his justice; two sides of the same dark coin. One releases the wounded and dying and one slays the enemies of death.
@@richeybaumann1755 I know it has nothing to do with my friend, but was the whole purpose of the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia?
The English kicked ass in this war
@DiscordChaos true i guess the French people never really wanted their English overlords back they could be fine with Germans but never the English
@@mathieudizzy9313 depends who you ask for the Orthodox yes it was hoped they'd help reverse the losses since the defeat at manzikert 25 years earlier and to some extent they did. The first Crusade took back a few Anatolian regions back for the Byzantines and destroyed a few Turkic armies that could otherwise have been used against the Byzantines but eventually they turned their attention away to their original task which was the liberation of Jerusalem and the levant. They succeeded at this but also carved out kingdoms and princedom's d''outremer for themselves. So for orthodox yes to recapture bits of Anatolia, for the Pope to decolonise the levant and for the Christian lords to carve out new lands and kingdoms for themselves.
Particularly big englishman: you can't beat me!
Joan of Arc: I know, but he can, * points at the cannon *
french sergeant: "We can not take the fort, that big englishmen can easily kill anyone we send against him."
Jean: "How about we use the big canon we are dragging with us - and aim it at him?"
french sergeant: (It would be a wounder if it even hit the same bridge) "Prepare for fireing)."
big englishmen: *falls backwards from the shoot, creates a earthquake*
french soldigers: "God is with us, charge!"
@@molybdaen11 I know it has nothing to do with my friend, but was the whole purpose of the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia?
@@mathieudizzy9313 Which crusade exactly?
The official reason for the crusades was to ensure the safety of travel to the holy sites.
The real reason, as always, was to extend the power (money) and influence of the warmongers at the cost of easy believing peasants.
@@molybdaen11 The reasons for every crusade I've read go back to the Seljuks and Ottomans, except the Latins took Constantinople. And since the ancestors of modern Turks were Ottomans and Seljuks, could it not be an attempt to expel the Turks from Anatolia?
I am looking forward to seeing how you guys will show the Battle of Castillon, the last hurrah of England's attempt to keep their French lands and a great decisive victory that not only secured French victory in the war, but changed the face of warfare forever as it was the first major battle won through the extensive use of field artillery, revolutionized by French artillery commander Jean Bureau.
How Talbot was dehorsed by a cannonball straight through his mount is the cherry on top
They will probably briefly mention it at the end of their 5 minutes summary of the next 24 years.
@@nolletthibault2031 C'est tellement ça cette série c'est hallucinant. Une phrase sur Patay. Une. Pour le coup la chaine m'a tellement déçue sur le coup. Ca révèle pas mal le fait que c'est juste l'histoire vue par les anglo-saxons comme d'habitude.
@@lbdz9219 Mouais apres ils parlent pas non plus en detail de la bataille de Verneuil ou on a perdu 6000 gars. Trop de batailles pour faire des videos qui durent pas non plus cent ans
@@lbdz9219 Exagère pas, ils passe aussi sur pas mal de victoire Anglaises.
Le truc, c'est qu'après Agincourt ils comptaient faire que des victoires Françaises (vu que c'est la phase), et ils veulent pas faire 20 épisodes non plus. Si ils ne font qu'un ep pour la suite (Formigny et Castillon surtout), ça fera déjà au total 3 eps sur la France et 3 aussi sur l'Angleterre. Si il en font deux séparés, y aura carrément plus d'eps Fr que l'inverse. Ca va.
Après c'est vrai que j'aurais aimé voir plus sur Du Guesclin, là c'était allé un peu vite. Mais ici encore ça va je trouve à coté.
Once Joan of Arc said
“If I am not, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.”
It's a bit short without context. At her trial she had to defend herself. She was asked 'Do you know if you are in the grace of God?" This was a trap. Answering "yes" would have been sinful pride and answering 'no", an acknowledgement of being a sinner. Her answer was really clever and shows she was not a poor uneducated shepherd.
@@alexandrelarsac9115 thanks ❤️
@@alexandrelarsac9115well the papal interviews with all her town shows she was an uneducated shepherded. She couldn’t read or write. It shows what happens when you have complete and utter devotion to God: you speak incredible things you yourself could never have conjured up yourself.
Sweet little warrior. St. Joan, pray for us.
"God loves the Englishmen, as long as they stay in England."
- St. Jehanne d'Arc, allegedly
"Fully pardon each other willingly, as faithful Christians should do; and if it should please you to make war, then go against the Saracens."
- St. Jehanne d'Arc, to Duke Philippe III. de Bourgogne
"The power of faith; pass it on. Fear nothing! Go forward, and God shall prepare the way for you.“
- St. Jehanne d‘Arc, to the French soldiers
I love her so much it's unreal.
Thank you again Kings and Generals…the GODS of quality historical war documentaries! I found this channel roughly 18 months ago, and have been amazed at the quality of your work, the speed at which y’all upload new videos, and just the vastness of the material you cover. I consider myself a bit of a history buff, yet I have learned so much from your videos that I have probably damn near doubled my knowledge of past campaigns/wars/battles, and for that I am grateful. Thanks again for your content, and can’t wait for the next upload!
French Generals: “This peasant teenager is our last chance. She must have some sort of plan to save the kingdom.”
Joan of Arc: YEET
“….. yep, teenager.”
JÈÈÈTE
“Le yéte!”
@@RayB1656 lol okay Luc Besson
@@OneTrueVikingbard OK , LOL Ragnarr LôÖbrok !
OMG I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. Really enjoying this series can't wait for the next one
Wish they taught histo in schools like this. But they (the schools) alweays make so boring 🙄
@@dunsdonjone1537 school is not for your entertainment...
@@michelmorio8026 No, but people learn much more efficiently if they are engaged and interested.
@@JacopoSkydweller you cannot inspire interest in everybody! And documentaries and movies are clearly not the best way to actually learn something about history! They can be used additionally, when the facts are taught... but they cannot used without giving context beforehand! They almost always oversimplify and add drama, to make it more compelling/entertaining!
@@michelmorio8026 Learning should always be fun.
12:04 Hence started the legend of the Savior of France.
WAGA HATA YO
WAGA DOUHOU MAMORI TAMAE
LUMINOSELLE ETERNELLE
Man of culture alert
The soundtrack at 18:20 is: Jon Björk - The Great War. If anyone else wonders.
Olav
olavia
Whats the music at 15:05?
what about 15:05 tho?
@@pisaks6782 I know it has nothing to do with my friend, but was the whole purpose of the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia?
Joan of Arc is a literally JRPG character in real life. She gets dreams from god about being the chosen hero, gets armor and weapons from the king for her quest, a band of likely heroes from around her, and she saves the entire country. Also don't think I didn't see that Revenge of the Sith joke.
In D&D she would most definitely be a Paladin.
God was not in the picture !
They were no dreams.
Nothing Japanese here !
No King , only a Dauphin which was controlled by Yolande d'Anjou, he had no authority !
She didn't save the ''entire country'' , the English were still in Normandy for 20 years after he death in 1431 and for another 50 years in other regions.
However, she was a brilliant woman who played an important role in the Hundred Year War.
Obi-wan Kenobi would be proud of her.
True
Does she say “hello there!!”??
She was the chosen one.
@@ComradeCommissarYuri nah, she had the high ground and said “don’t try it!”
@@NapoleonAquila I will spare you from the new Star Wars sequel trilogy
England when a teenage peasant girl starts crushing their armies: Oi Oi Oi wots all dis den?
mascot you mean
🤣
@Nayana Ariyarathna Why so salty? Being incensed by TH-cam comment leads me to believe your life is just as miserable. ;)
@@AeneasGemini Never underestimate the value of high morale.
@Nayana Ariyarathna If you think a 16 years old could take on a trained english infantryman, you're wrong. Logically she'd have been a mascot, a person to look upon on the battlefield. It's inspiring sure, but realistically wrong.
The witch king of England: You fool, no Frenchman can defeat me
Joan: I am no Frenchman, you look upon a Frenchwoman
Also the meme would be more complete if the text bubble said It's over Glasdale, I have the solid ground
@Abdul Jalloh It's a lord of the rings reference. There's a villain called the witch king of angmar
@@zaboomafool1911 I know it has nothing to do with my friend, but was the whole purpose of the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia?
@DiscordChaos pls :/
@@mathieudizzy9313 Just Google you clown
Imagine, if you're a Catholic and given that Joan is a Saint, you literally believe that God himself chose France over England to win this war
I mean, yeah?
Actually, Joan was not officially canonized until the 20th century, although it’s entirely possible that members of the French clergy might’ve already declared her one back then
God chosen people, the French
It was just 4d move to make sure England wont become a french speaking island
@@apalahartisebuahnama7684 i thought that was the jews
Joan D'Arc feels so much like a main character straight out of a fantasy novel
Battle of Patay exists
Kings and Generals: "Let's pretend it was just a minor French victory by just barely mentioning it, they won't even notice it"
English people: "We almost won every battle, we were just unlucky towards the end... We would have won the 100 years war if it were not for God supporting the French! Long live the King!!!"
French people: "Are you kidding me ? This must be a joke!"
They want to keep some space for the other(s?) video(s). Don't be like that, it's already a good thing that they didn't just do Crecy/Poitier/Agincourt and just stopped there.
I like this series, even if some part are rather fast yeah.
@@xenotypos Why would they do other videos on them later ? Why wouldn't they make the battles of the HYW in chronological order ?
Well they admit that God was on the side of the French, it's definetely something hard to accept for them, I would take it as a compliment
france constantly outnumbered the english, shame on them for taking so long to win
@@jnes624 They didn't outnumber them (in Patay there was 4 times more English soldiers), and France was a state of civil war. During most of the war, a part of France was always against France with the "English". It was a dynastic war before all, not really a kingdom against another one.
That's the problem when you only know Crecy/Poitier/Agincourt, you assume the ratio is the same for every battle, it's not.
Also, what do you mean by "so long" ? You know that during most of the war England had less territories than before the war started right ?
There was only two temporary periods in which England held significant additionnal territories.
Thanks!
Kings and General should do a video on the kingdom of Georgia 🇬🇪.
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I have never EVER (and believe me, I'm a huge history geek) enjoyed history lessons so MUCH as when I hear you guys explain historical events in the detail that you do. (note: fanboy incoming) I could only wish I had a history teacher like any of you guys back in the days when I was still at school. Cheers fellas! And see you in the next adventure!
Joan of Arc was a true hero of her own story! It's too bad no movie adaptation has done her justice.
The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)
Finally the most based woman in History !
@@johnqpublic2718 lesssgoooo
I think, you may be interesting on Emilia Plater.
@@czwartek565 no
Rudramadevi of Kakatiya dynasty is more based.
Um, excuse me, Julie d'Aubigny?
Actually, despite no french student knows about the battle of Patay, it is the very origin of the well known french expression “mettre une pâtée“ which means to beat someone completely .
Je ne savais pas. Merci de l'information ! Où l'avez-vous trouvée ?
@@heliedecastanet1882 je suis prof d’Histoire 😉 je ne me souviens pas où je l’ai lu mais l’info se trouve assez facilement .
@@jeanlucmascoli2903 Merci pour la réponse. Je vais essayer de trouver ;-) C'est toujours agréable d'apprendre quelque chose !
Bonne journée à vous !
@@RavusNox-z5i je peux comprendre 😁
Great map work. Thank you for the job well done on understanding the complexities of middle age battles.
It is good to see a documentary on Orléans, but really no presentation of Patay ??? People still won't understand how the English lost that war...
Je commence à me demander si c'est pas Lindybeige qui écrit cette série.
@@tibsky1396 I know it has nothing to do with my friend, but was the whole purpose of the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia?
We all know how the Hundred Year War ended.
.... '' people'' understand history !
18:00 Joan had the high ground, Glasdale had nothing to do
Alexander the Great: Trained since childhood to become the King of Macedon. Taught military stratagems and inherited a powerful professional army from his father. Never lost a battle. Conquered the unstable Achaemenid Persian Empire.
Khalid ibn al-Walid: Fought over 200 battles and won every single one of them, being extremely outnumbered in some. Conquered the unstable Sassanid Persian Empire, and much of the Roman East.
Joan of Arc: 15 year old girl who's mere presence raises the morale of her troops. Does not have a military background or training. Wins every battle she fought anyways, later proclaimed a Saint by the Catholic Church.
History is stranger than fiction at times. That someone with an amateur's resume triumphed over the professionals isn't even unique to that conflict.
The greatest single tactical performance by a general in the American War of Independence for example was at Cowpens by Daniel Morgan, a man who had been a common teamster during the French & Indian War. Arguably the best tactician of the American War of Independence, he had began that conflict with much less command experience than many of the other British & American generals who had commanded either regular or militia troops in that conflict or in continental European armies.
I wonder if Joan was the morale boosting public face of a group of commanders.
A 15 y.o. girl works as a symbol of purity and therefore divinity.
A 15 y.o. successfully managing an army proves something miraculous is happening.
All of this makes for a highly inspirational and catchy story to rally the people.
Maybe she was the mask for someone gifted and experienced in war.
Joan how did you know a tactical retreat would work?
I was told by field marsh.....I mean... I was told by god.
@@tedcrilly46 Or maybe, she was just a talented person outright, and there doesn't need to be a person behind her calling the shots?
@@KTA1sVidsandFacts I know it has nothing to do with my friend, but was the whole purpose of the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia?
@@KTA1sVidsandFacts yeah, she could have been an extreme intellect, a child prodigy with top percentile intelligence.
She'd still need some guidance from an experienced, connected, and powerful adult though.
If we know the history of Europe, France is a bit like Rome, she loses battles but always ends up winning the war (with a few exceptions).
But Joan of Arc was not alone, she was accompanied by: la Hire, Gilles de Rai, Dunois and so many other famous or anonymous people.
I would like a video on the battle of Patay; where the French knights have eradicated the English archers (a rather enjoyable revenge).
Greetings to the English people we no longer call them: Les fourbes Anglais venus de la perfide Albion ^^. Maintenant nos différents se règlent lors du CRUNCH le tournoi des nations ^^
Vive le Rugby
What do you make of Gilles de rais
Guilty or set up?
Lol I’m not sure that getting harassed and trolled and chevauched constantly by a nation 5X smaller than yourself can make you in any way comparable to “Rome”
The english won more battles and the french never stepped foot on English soil. English victories are immortal in history, they beat the odds and subsequently the English were the most revered warriors in Europe even AFTER Joan of arc
Because there's always such (well-deserved) hype around Joan, I've never known exactly how she and the French commanders lifted the siege at Orleans. You guys showed how it was done - thanks!
Jean D'ARc is OP, she is literally in EVERY GACHA GAME !!!
It helps that not only Japan LOVES France so much, Jeanne also reminds them of their own warrior women like Tomoe Gozen and Masako Hojo.
I see you are a man of culture as well 😅
I think theirs an anime about Joan of Arc and Oda Nobunaga that I forget to bookmark half a year ago 😩
FGO
@@ninjaluc79 wait, did ancient japan also burned their important figurehead after they avchieved some victories?
Back when hearing voices in your head was a good thing
Thanks for this beautiful explanation of the siege of Orléans.
An episode entirely describing Loire Valley campaign and the battle of Patay would be perfect.
Don't count on this. They already decided to skip the entire caroline phase and they know that their primary audience is anglophone nationalists who are uninterested in hearing about french victories. Honestly I wouldn't be surprised if they decided to outright skip the next 24 years of the war.
@@nolletthibault2031
Your comment is possibly correct !
and, being a non Englishman, I do not take sides !
You mentioned that the English are ''uninterested in hearing about French victories '' .
It is also possible that the French are not interested in hearing about English victories.
This would make sense.
This is simply a TH-cam video, it won't changed the History of the Hundred Year War.
We all know what happened at the end.
Why the ''French'' were able to succeed to retake Normandy.
Here a few ideas...
1. Yolande d'Anjou's involvement, especially at Orléans and Jehanne la Pucelle.
Jehanne la Pucelle , a brilliant woman who made a different at Orléans.
2. The Scottish troops on French soil,
7000 troops in 1419
another 5000, later.
The Auld Alliance !
3. The French used gunpowder on a larger scale and a lot sooner than the English military.
The English longbows were suddenly a lot less effective against gunpowder weaponry
4. Agnès Sorel's influence on a depressive Charles VII ,she played an important role .
5. The War of the Roses in England, stopped the English's military efforts to keep
Normandy..
@@RayB1656 The war of the Roses was not the cause of the english defeat in Normandy, but the consequence.
@@thierrylofoten4470
Never said it was the cause of the English defeat,
it was '' one'' of the numerous events which contributed to the departure of the English aristocracy from Normandy ;
similarly to most wars, several elements are often
needed to change the outcome !
Without the War of the Roses, what would have been the end result ?
when it comes to showing battles won by the English such as Azincourt and Crécy. There is a whole episode to explain the battle. However when it comes to a battle won by France such as Patay, we can only sum up with one sentence. This shows that we glorify the victories but that we hide the defeats on this anglophone channel. But it remains one good quality channel.
We can't expect a fish to breathe out of the water.
It's probably an accidental byproduct of those having greater recognition in the anglosphere, which probably contributes to the most viewership, rather than an intentional bias.
I do approve of the idea of going out of the way to focus more on Patay and similar battles, though.
They do well on that point with coverage of ottoman-timurid wars and other overlooked things in general.
@@lahire4943
I believe Orléans was the most important military encounter !
Should Orléans had fallen, the door to the Loire Valley would have been totally opened.
Chinon would have been next , then Loches !
And, having the Dauphin ready to depart for Scotland and Yolande d'Anjou leaving , south.
The Scottish troops were on French soil, possibly they would have stopped the English' advance.
Patay and Azincourt were mainly ''tactical errors'' made by both sides,
the English bowmen and the French knights.
At Patay, the English were not preparing, by using wooden spikes for flank protection and were giving their position, by hunting. Stupid !
At Azincourt, the Knights badly calculated the distance of the English bowmen and were advancing in a soaked fields. Bad decision !
They thought they would have reached them easily since the bowmen were at that time, closer to them ...
The English were using 31 inch arrows with a 800 to 1200 grain bodkin point, enough power to knock down a knight or a foot soldier, even if the bodkin needle point wouldn't pierced good solid armor.
However, as seen on Medieval paintings, the Medieval War horses were killed by many arrows.... a sad scene and the knights were suddenly in peril.
La Hire’s sword has finally stopped being dry.
The greatest Hero of AoE 2
Mèrci, Jeanne d'Arc 🇲🇫🤝🇬🇧
Been looking forward to this video for a long while.!! Brilliant work 👌👍
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Joan was awesome and indeed directed by saints visiting her regularly from from heaven. She had no prior military education, yet she knew how to expertly order the canons and troops, and was made The General of the French Army.
From Henry V. we can learn many lessons:
1: Archers are super effective against heavy cav when the ground is muddy and you have high ground.
2: No matter how bad things are, never give up.
3: When you are ill, you should stay in yer ducking bed!
@@NapoleonAquila Artillery =/= Heavy cavalry. Simple as.
Amazing as always!! Thank you very much!!
Preview of the next episode:
Pierre Cauchon: Execute Order 66.
A group Burgundians who "defected" from the English forces quickly gathered behind Joan of Arc with their weapons ready to strike at her.
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@@that_pinappleshortsnskits I know it has nothing to do with my friend, but was the whole purpose of the Crusades to drive the Turks out of Anatolia?
Age of Empires 2, Joan of Arc campaign. Amazing childhood memories.
The Blood on La Hire's sword is almost dry.
All Hail King of the Losers!
Great. I just started yesterday with this series so watching another new part today became inevitable.
Joan to the English: *I’m gonna put some dirt in your eye*
And you continues "i'm gonna too"
Joan also to the English: *weeps at any who die without a chance for confession*
Peter Parker beats the English at Orleans
Let's get it!!! Freaking love this channel!!!
I just recently got in the mail the Blu-ray version of Milla Jovovich’s Joan of Arc, very emotionally charged movie. Thanks Kings 👍
The one with Leelee Sobieski is not bad either although she's only waving the flag and not fighting
Great documentary!!
One small error in the script at 9:00: A Sapper/Sapeur is responsible for works above ground. A commander wanting to undermine a fortification would use miners/mineurs. If you want to cross a river the commander would use pontooner/pontonniers. All of those are then aggregated as pioneers/pionnier.
I myself is a huge fan of Joan of Arc or the Maid of Orleans.... I believe her story and destiny...Long live God, long live Catholicism...
Great video. I would have liked to see more from the battle of Patay though. How could the French deal with the english longbows which seemed to win every field battle so far?
Just don't let the english archers put stakes on ground to hide behind and do fire at will. Charge them quickly before they get in battle formation.
The English lost quite a few battles in the Caroline phase (1369-1382), but KG decided to skip these French victories, deeming them "strange and difficult" to cover according to their pinned comment under their video about the period.
@@guillaumebraun196 Should have guessed. Thank you for response.
@@nolletthibault2031 Ah I see I must have missed it.
@@nolletthibault2031 You need to stop spamming that garbage, it’s embarrassing.
17:52 nice reference there
Came here after playing both Jeanne d'arc on my PSP emulator and FGO, as well as watching Fate/Apocrypha
I see you are a man of culture as well.
On dit que la bataille de Patay est la revanche d’Azincourt. C’est aussi la revanche de la journée des Harengs, bataille beaucoup moins connue qu’Azincourt, mais qui, sans l’intervention de Jeanne d’Arc, aurait eu d’énormes conséquences pour la France.
La Journée des Harengs et la Bataille de Patay se sont déroulées pratiquement sur le même site (à 2 km de distance) à 20 km d’Orléans. Le combattants étaient en grande partie les mêmes ( Fastolf, Simon de Morhier, Dunois, La Hire, Xaintrailles et beaucoup d’autres…)
Les 2 batailles ont été importantes. Suite à la Journée des Harengs, les français étaient sur le point d’abandonner Orléans, quant à la bataille de Patay, on peut dire qu’elle est le tournant de la guerre de Cent Ans.
On a longtemps pensé que la Journée des Harengs s’était déroulée à Rouvray St Denis. En réalité c’était à Rouvray Ste Croix, plus au sud.
Dans sa biographie de Fastolf, l’écrivain américain Stephen Cooper explique l’origine de l’erreur.
The Battle of Patay is said to be Azincourt’s revenge. It is also the revenge of Herrings Day, a battle much less well-known than Azincourt, but which, without Joan of Arc's intervention, would have had enormous consequences for France.
Herring Day and the Battle of Patay took place on virtually the same site (2 km away) 20 km from Orleans. The fighters were largely the same (Fastolf, Simon de Morhier, Dunois, La Hire, Xaintrailles and many others ...)
The 2 battles were important. Following Herrings Day, the French were on the verge of abandoning Orleans, as for the Battle of Patay, it can be said that it was the turning point of the Hundred Years War.
For a long time it was thought that Herring Day took place in Rouvray St Denis. In reality it was in Rouvray Ste Croix, further south.
In his biography of Fastolf, American writer Stephen Cooper explains the origin of the error.
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The story of Jeanne d'Arc almost seems like fiction to me. It's so extraordinary that a young girl could get the command of an army and turn of tide of this war. She helped crown a King too. It's no wonder the morale was boosted through the roof. They really thought God was on their side.
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While you're waiting you could watch it on Epic History TV. They are also quite good. I'm sure Kings and Generals will get there soon...
@@aniruddhbhatkal1834 I know that channel vro but that Patreon and Animation of Kings and Generals next level 🔥🔥, thus I want to watch it only on this channel!
Hell no. Let him do less well known wars. Napoleonic series already exist
@@Raadpensionaris it doesn't, it only had wars till 1809 and we are waiting for later battles till Waterloo!
@@Raadpensionaris remember that Napolianic Wars was the greatest achievement of Kings and Generals as they had given a trailer earlier as well as dates of each battle to air on channel!
this channel is exceptional
me everytime he talks about his ads: time to scroll down and read the comments.
I just skip to about the 2 minute mark.
@@kelathos Same lol
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hooooo the battle of Patay is so cool :c why haven't you details it T-T
Between the Franco-Prussia War and WW1 the wrecked city of Paris only made one large goverment funded statue. It was Joan Of Arc. Any other statues were privately funded.
Good at last you speak about french victories ! Alas just a quick mention of Patay where an full english army was destroyed by french cavalry....
This was cool but it would be even better with information about Jean de Brosse, La Hire, and Gille de Rai.
A lesser known fact is that during the 100-years war is that the English actively tried to colonize and settle Normandy and other regions of France. Would've been interesting to see an alternative reality where Henry V lived.
Actually, I agree (and I live few meters from the castle where Henry V died, in France : le château de Vincennes 🙂). Because at this time, England was 3 millions inhabitants, and France 20 millions. Most of the aristocrats families had anglo-norman-french roots (Bohun, family of Henry V's mother, Plantagenets themselves, Harcourt, Deverreux, etc, etc…). So, probably, as Henry V did, the capital would have moved to France, and to Paris, and the English elite would have been absorbed by the French one, because lot of them shared the same roots. And maybe, maybe it would have been a single country. But in my opinion, I don't think so. Despite their first military and political successes, Henry V and his heirs started a typical "medieval" war, when countries and nations were still a moving conception. But in the XVth century, France had already started to elaborate its "national identity" (in fact, the Hundred years war truly speeded the process lol), and an English king would have not been tolerated on a long term. Look what happened during the Reform : despite all the civil fights and wars between French catholics and French protestants, the foreign catholic family who conveyed the throne (the dukes de Guise) was rejected and a protestant prince, from the French royal family, was prefered, on the condition he would convert to catholicism. But even before his conversion, he was supported by the vast majority of the people. Because he was "French".
Repanse de Lyonesse approves of this video. FOR BRETONNIA!!!
HERE WE GO, BABY!
It's like that moment when you reach the highest point on a roller coaster, waiting for the drop. Crecy, Poiters and Agincourt were just a build up to this.
Never clicked so fast on a TH-cam vid.
Normandie was NOT completely occupied, le Mont Saint-Michel was never taken by the English. It was also l'Archange MIchel (Michael) who spoke to Joan.
I love this channel. Great work as always
I love this brave girl
Great videos
Ah yes, one of my favorite missions on the Joan of Arc Campaign in Age of Empires 2
Aoe2 is what originally inspired me to learn history some 25 years ago. I must of read every word in the histories in the menu. I am a compete history nerd to this day.
@@fatalshore5068 Same! That game had SUCH a huge influence on me as a kid!
@@fatalshore5068 that game made a lot of people history nerds
@@nightfall5879 The menu histories were actually a fantastic thing to put in, to let people read the rea history if they want, or they can just play the game. I think it's indicative of the creators being history nerds themselves :)
Good stuff K&Gs .. I have been waiting for that one ! Thank you.
Mark Twain wrote the best biography of St. Joan of Arc, "Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc". which was also his greatest work.
Certainly a great American writer/storyteller , however his Joan of Arc' book is mainly fiction !
Mark Twain is a storyteller !
@@RayB1656 I don't believe it was fiction. It had a lot of historical accuracies and a lot of historical studies went into writing that book. 10 years to be exact. There might have been some fiction in it, be to say that the whole book is a work of fiction is erronus.
@@h.p6016 This is incorrect !
Mark Twain never read the hand written Latin documents concerning Jehanne la Pucelle.
He took the classical story and made his own interpretation.
Nothing unusual , during that period, hundred of writers were doing exactly the same !
That is why we have today more than 20,000 books on this subject and they are often quite different.
No wonder there is so much confusion.
Here are a very few items which Twain was unaware..
He didn't know about the story of Franquet d'Arras and where Jehanne released him to be executed..
The correspondence with Sigismund I ?
He was not aware of the important role of Yolande d'Anjou and her son René d'Anjou.
Yolande was the mastermind behind the story, even with Charles mistress, Agnès Sorel.
He didn't know that Jehann's father was the prévôt of the entire region, under Robert de Bandricourt.
He didn't know Jehanne was jousting at the court of the Duke of Lorraine, in 1427 !
He was not aware Jehanne never used that particular family name '' d'ARC '' in her lifetime,
it is simply an invention of the 17th century...( please see Prof Henri Guillemin, French Historian. )
How about the 12,500+ Scottish troops on French soil, which played a major role in the Hundred Year War, the 116 year war, to be exact. The Auld Alliance ?? Without he Scots....history would have been different.
He didn't know that Perceval de Boulainvilliers , adviser to Charles VII, was in error concerning Jehanne la Pucelle'a day of birth....
and so on ....
I like how the medieval theme of France in civ 6 was in the background