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The original was posted on /r/askhistorians by /u/CaptainLunaeLumen on 2023-10-18 06:13:48+00:00.

So I want to know a few things about her history. First, how did she come into control of a french army when she was just the daughter of a farmer? Also why did they ever pay attention to her? She claimed to be guided by spirits and they just went along with it without doubting her? What about the army’s original commander, or the fact that she was a woman in the middle ages?