Joan of Arc For Contest
The Cross-dressing of Joan d`Arc
Cross-dressing of Joan was perhaps heavily based,
On the bible’s principle in Deuteronomy 22:5 and viewed
as a Rebellion against God.
Tis not the putting on of a pair of pants or slacks today,
But the attempt to deceive who one really was.
Joan of Arc thus deceived the World in those times,
Prancing around the battlefield in man’s clothing
until the word got out that she was not!
Born a bonnie babe was born in 1412, to peasant French
parents Jacques d`Arc and Isabelle, in Domremy,
One would think that the farm would be her heredity.
No farm inheritance or work on this farm for God had other ‘work’
For Joan to do, no not that traditional kind.
What a time to be born, and during the 100 Years War the
Lancastrian phase of the Anglo-French conflict.
This War began 1337, 925 prior to her birth when
King Charles VI brother and cousin, made Regent Dukes
as Charles lost soundness of mind.
Their fight over the throne caused the economy to go down
like a “slippery slope”.
From a vision Joan foretold that France would lose a siege,
before it even took place.
It was only then that High Officials took her seriously,
And listened to her ‘message’ from God.
In 1428, Joan was “crossed-dressed as a male
and taken to the battlefield.
Wearing a man’s garb she galloped through fields,thickets,
and rough terrains, and leading France into victory.
But her cross-dressing switched the conflict to a Religious War,
For that was a Political and Religious sin!
On May 23rd 1430 Joan was pulled off her horse
while riding at the rear of the guard.
Her captors bargained for a huge sum of 10,000 livres lournois.
While in captivity she wrote two letters alluding she may never come home.
Two dreams came through for her:
Victory for France and the Coronation of Charles VII.
An inquisition was held for poor Joan of Arc in English
territory where she was Interrogated.
There Joan was accused of things such as these:
Cross-dressing, bewitching, hearing from God.
At age 19, her trial over, in 1431 she was found guilty
Of all charges and burnt at the stake for heresy!
A sacrifice for cross-dressing for her King.
God won’t let her case “rest” and twenty five years later,
An English Bishop ordered that Joan’s case be exhumed.
Examining the case found her “not guilty”, and all charges
against her were debunked making her a Martyr.
For the role she played and the services that she rendered.
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Copyright © Rainbow Promise | Year Posted 2015
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