Joan of Arc; the Maid of Orleans; Jeanne D'Arc, Jehanne la Pucelle: she goes by many names. A provincial French peasant girl, barely in her teens, living in relative poverty, illiteracy and complete subordination during a time of total war and medieval brutality. Imagine this traumatised though deeply pious child having visions of angels and saints, and being commanded by them to seek out the dauphin (the French word for Crown Prince) and convince him to let her lead his demoralised army and liberate their kingdom from a powerful enemy. Most people then, as now, would have thought her at best, mentally ill. But so determined was she to carry out her mission, that no amount of opposition, discrimination or humiliation was going to stand in her way. Never taking NO for an answer, she eventually got her audience with the dauphin, she also got her army, and with it, proceeded to blaze her way across France, inspiring troops and civilians alike to fight on against overwhelming odds and turn the tide of war against England finally in their favour; always leading from the front and being herself seriously wounded on multiple occasions. This naïve teenager would soon wipe out the celebrated army of English longbowmen that had so humiliated her country at Crecy and Agincourt, such that it would take a generation for them to appear in force again on any battlefield. She would live to see her king, Charles VII crowned, only to suffer capture, a show trial and a horrible demise at the hands of the English; based entirely on her being a woman daring to participate in a man’s world. #joanofarc, #jeannedarc, jehannedarc, #hundredyearswar, #orléans, #orleans, #history, #documentary, #heroesandlegends, #girlpower All footage used in this montage remains the property of its respected creators, and is gratefully acknowledged in the end credits. ERRATUM / CORRIGENDUM: 1. in the video i mention the French revolution starting in 1798. Of course I really meant to say 1789. oops! For a longer, audio-narration only version of this video that includes an extra summary of the Hundred Years War, Please visit the Heroes and Legends Documentary Channel Podcast, via Spotify, Itunes or other leading broadcasters. If you enjoy my content, leave your suggestions and comments below, and please consider making a donation via the heart-shaped Thanks link on your Youtube screen; via PayPal; or why not sign up as a Patreon supporter to help me continue making these unfunded educational videos: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=4D958V58PAVDU https://www.patreon.com/heroesandlegends https://buymeacoffee.com/infoQh For resources, links to my other videos, merchandise, the latest social media posts and podcast links, please visit my Heroes and Legends Website: www.heroesandlegends.com.au Some of the ambient music in the video attributed to: The Evening of Departure by Twin Musicom is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Artist: http://www.twinmusicom.org/ ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hBcpOmex8_Y

Napoleon's invasion of Portugal and internal dissent within Spain gave him all the pretext and logistics necessary to break his alliance with them and initiate a campaign to conquer the entire Iberian Peninsula, which would come to be known as the Peninsular War. This short excerpt is part of our two part documentary on Argentine General, Jose de San Martin, who cut his teeth as a young Spanish officer in the war, whose consequences would reverberate throughout the Spanish colonies, and whose cause for autonomy, and eventually independence he would later champion. You can watch part one of the documentary on San Martin (Libertador) which includes this excerpt here: https://youtu.be/G7HbH9dgu_M #napoléon #napoleon #peninsularwar #iberian #portugal #spain #sanmartín #libertador ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_1oK7bTkexk