Writer and historian Dr Helen Castor explores the life - and death - of Joan of Arc. Joan was an extraordinary figure - a female warrior in an age that believed women couldn"t fight, let alone lead an army. But Joan was driven by faith, and today more than ever we are acutely aware of the power of faith to drive actions for good or ill.
Since her death, Joan has become an icon for almost everyone - the left and the right, Catholics and Protestants, traditionalists and feminists. But where in all of this is the real Joan - the experiences of a teenage peasant girl who achieved the seemingly impossible? Through an astonishing manuscript, we can hear Joan"s own words at her trial, and as Helen unpicks Joan"s story and places her back in the world that she inhabited, the real human Joan emerges.
圣女贞德（1412－1431），法国军事家、民族英雄，天主教圣人。历史学家Helen Castor讲述圣女贞德在英法百年战争中的事迹。
