Forum: Bryce


Subject: A passable Joan ??

sackrat opened this issue on Dec 13, 2005 ยท 11 posts


danamo posted Tue, 13 December 2005 at 6:10 PM

I think she looks quite believable! Girls of that era did not eat the diet we do today and did not go into adolescence as quickly as girls do now. The story of Joan of Arc is a matter of historical record, not myth. I suspect Charles VII probably had a poor self image as he was mostly ignored by his parents in favor of his three older brothers who each in turn became the Dauphin, or heir apparent. They all died before they could succeed their father. He sought protection at the court of his Mum-in-law Yolande, Queen of Aragon. His infant nephew, King Henry VI of England, was crowned the new French King in accordance with Charles's father's Treaty of Troyes signed in 1420. Charles VII probably figured he had nothing to lose if he wanted to regain the throne which was rightfully his. Sounds like a classic passive-agressive,lol.