Joan of Arc is one of the most iconic saints in the Catholic Church and a feminist icon, as well as a national hero in France. The French peasant girl participated in Armagnac campaigns in the latter period of the Hundred Years War, rallying the troops as they fought the Burgundians and the English. She was eventually captured and condemned for multiple things, including wearing men’s clothes. Since then she has been adopted by multiple different political movements in France including the Resistance during WW2. However, she has also been a hugely popular figure with first the Vichy and later the Front National.

Now Joan is stirring up more controversy as a Globe Theatre play ‘I, Joan’ will depict the saint as non-binary. This has caused an uproar in the UK as people like JK Rowling believe it is deliberately erasing women’s history.

In this video we discuss the legacy of Joan of Arc and how she has been adopted for multiple political causes throughout history.

.00:00:00 - Intro
00:05:30 - New Joan of Arc play, I Joan - UK liberals and conservatives are not happy
00:09:45 - Creator defends play
00:12:30 - Joan of Arc in popular media
00:17:30 - Anti-SJWs react to the play
00:22:15 - The Legacy of Joan of Arc on French History
00:25:45 - The Legacy of Joan of Arc on French Politics
00:30:20 - Closing Thoughts

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