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Sunday, 22 December 2019

Jeanne d’Arc la pucelle

I knew I´d painted her but pics of her are hidden in the depths of the blog (or gone with the demise of TinyPic.*)  and only recently did I find her again in the depths of one of the storage boxes.
She deserves her own post so here it is.

Of Course she gets added to the Medieval Lords and Ladies list, and she brings the females represented up to a total of 4 from 124 personalities.
Shamefull state of affairs really, considering how many (in thier own right) successfull, influencial and powerfull females there were in the medieval period.

She was, even taking some of the stories with a pinch of salt, an amazing Person.
The site  Jeanne d’Arc la pucelle from which I´ve borrowed the titel for this post,  is an exceptional Collection of stuff about her. Well worth a look if not a read.


*A Problem I am slowly but surely rectifying by replacing the downed links from back up files..a laborious  Task. Some Posts will eventually be deleted due to minimal or irrelevant content, 10 or more have already gone.
Oddly, the pics still Show up on searches, just Nothing to see when linking to the blog.
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12 comments:

  1. Phil22 December 2019 at 02:15

    First class painting and presentation, a heroin in France!

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    1. Paul´s Bods22 December 2019 at 11:33

      Thanks Phil. I respect her as a heroin as well

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  2. Herkybird22 December 2019 at 02:30

    Although Jean D'Arc started the rot which eventually drove my countrymen out of France, I have the utmost respect for her, your figure does her justice!
    She is reputed to have said 'All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.' - so right! (She must have been a wargamer before her time!!!)

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    1. Paul´s Bods22 December 2019 at 11:36

      Thanks mateY:-)
      Wasn´t she chasing what were originally Normans, back across the water to thier Chosen residence ?;-)

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  3. Philotep22 December 2019 at 10:34

    Nice painting Paul! I will have a thought for you tomorrow, since I go to see my family in Orléans - I'll send you a picture of the Statue of Jeanne d'Arc located in the middle of the town :)

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    1. Paul´s Bods22 December 2019 at 11:32

      Thanks Phil. I appear to be following you around (at least the locations) with the latest Posts :-)

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    2. Philotep22 December 2019 at 14:23

      Hmm, there must be a tracker on my laptop, I must be careful :-)

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  4. Michael Awdry23 December 2019 at 13:39

    What a treasure rediscovered.

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    1. Paul´s Bods24 December 2019 at 02:49

      I Keep finding stuff. Tinypic going bust is a bit of a pain in the proverbial, replacing the pics etc but it has given me an excuse to re-look in some boxes, so not all bad.

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  5. Wellington Man23 December 2019 at 16:05

    The ultimate Femme Fatale. Brilliant.
    Merry Christmas, Paul!

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    1. Paul´s Bods24 December 2019 at 02:55

      Like all great historical figures, if she had of continued the Story might have become not what is is today. She had her time and went out in a blaze of glory (no pun intended) I can´t imagine her going on a bit more, then going back into the Background and ending up a forgotton Person.

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  6. diakwargame.blogspot.com9 January 2020 at 17:46

    Jeanne turned out very well!

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