In April 1429, Joan of Arc rode into the besieged city of Orleans. In May 1431, she was burned at the stake in Rouen. The 25 months between changed the histories of France, of England, and, as the Hundred Years War played out, of Europe itself. Few people in history have achieved so much in so little time, and few have captured the imagination of the world so thoroughly.
Drawing from his 2025 book Bloody Crowns, a critical revision of how modern Europe arose from medieval battlefields, military historian Michael Livingston re-examines the story of Joan—what we know of her, how we know of her, and how a teenaged girl could have such an impact on a male-dominated age.
Livingston is the Citadel distinguished professor at The Citadel and a former secretary-general of the United States Commission on Military History.
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