# Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc — Character guide

> Key figures in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain.

- [Joan of Arc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/joan_of_arc.md): Joan rises from Domremy obscurity to command armies and crown a king, yet her true test comes when she stands alone before her accusers. The University of Paris rules her Voices are fiends—Belial, Satan, Behemoth—and dem
- [Louis de Conte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/louis_de_conte.md): Louis grows up in Neufchâteau among Armagnac exiles, his family stripped by Burgundian raiders, his childhood marked by burning roofs and plague-emptied streets. As Joan's page and secretary, he witnesses her meteor flig
- [The Paladin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/the_paladin.md): The Paladin holds court in the big house where Joan's admirers gather, spinning campaigns so vivid that Catherine hides behind her fan and shakes with delight. Louis and the other young men seethe as this ill-deserving b
- [Pierre Cauchon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/pierre_cauchon.md): Cauchon grants Joan a sworn limit to her testimony—'as touching the matters set down in the procès verbal'—then chafes at the protection he has accidentally given her. He and his examiner Beaupere probe her fasting, her 
- [La Hire](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/la_hire.md): La Hire launches his thundering charge at Joan's word, his great figure dominating the field with sword aloft like a flagstaff, while she waits—measuring, weighing, master of herself—until the golden moment. After the vi
- [Noël Rainguesson](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/noel_rainguesson.md): Noël shares Louis's sleepless vigil as Joan's condemnation spreads and the city swarms with crowds, scaffolds, and the stake being raised at St. Ouen. Together they watch the Abbot of Jumièges's monks file in, their feve
- [Catherine Boucher](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/catherine_boucher.md): Catherine belongs to the household that takes Joan in, and her eighteen-year-old loveliness makes her a soft counterpoint to the Maid's unearthly presence. When she begs Joan for something Joan cannot give, the men stage
- [Pierre d'Arc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/pierre_d_arc.md): Pierre leaves home with Joan and stays close to her through the long, strange road from Vaucouleurs to the King's court. As a villager among knights, he carries the awkwardness and pride of a family suddenly lifted into 
- [Lord Talbot](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/talbot.md): Talbot stands as the towering symbol of English power in France, a warrior whose legend precedes every battle. Against him Joan measures herself, and the contrast between his seasoned ferocity and her untested conviction
- [Beaupere](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/beaupere.md): Beaupere sits among the learned men who will judge Joan, and his manner is calm where others are hostile. He probes her voices and her faith with the patience of a man who trusts procedure more than revelation. His prese
- [Laxart](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/laxart.md): Joan's uncle who helps her get to Vaucouleurs.
- [Manchon](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/manchon.md): A sympathetic notary at Joan's trial.
- [Jacques d'Arc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/jacques_d_arc.md): Joan's father, a farmer in Domremy.
- [Dunois](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/dunois.md): Dunois commands the army Joan needs moved, and he has already felt the sting of crossing her once. Chastened, he becomes the practical hand that turns her fierce will into marching columns and victualed towns. He matters
- [Guillaume Fronte](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/guillaume_fronte.md): The parish priest of Domremy who supports Joan.
- [Sir John Fastolfe](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/sir_john_fastolfe.md): An English knight known for his cautious retreats.
- [Bedford](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/bedford.md): The English regent of France during Joan's campaigns.
- [Nicolas Loyseleur](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/nicolas_loyseleur.md): A treacherous priest who spies on Joan in prison.
- [Jean de la Fontaine](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/jean_de_la_fontaine.md): A prosecutor at Joan's trial.
- [Richemont](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/richemont.md): The Constable of France who aids Joan at Patay.
- [De la Tremouille](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/de_la_tremouille.md): A scheming royal favorite who hinders Joan's plans.
- [Jean de Metz](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/jean_de_metz.md): A knight who escorts Joan to the Dauphin.
- [Charles VII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/charles_vii.md): Charles receives Joan with amusement that curdles into astonishment as she speaks of Rheims and coronation. He wants a sign, something unassailable, before he will trust her Voices or her sword. His wavering is the great
- [Bertrand de Poulengy](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/bertrand_de_poulengy.md): A nobleman who accompanies Joan to Chinon.
- [Brother Séguin](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/brother_seguin.md): A friar who questions Joan at Poitiers.
- [Earl of Warwick](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/warwick.md): The English nobleman overseeing Joan's imprisonment.
- [Robert de Baudricourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/robert_de_baudricourt.md): The governor of Vaucouleurs who sends Joan to the Dauphin.
- [Edmond Aubrey](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/edmond_aubrey.md): A young English soldier who challenges Joan.
- [Jean Pasquerel](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/jean_pasquerel.md): Joan's confessor who accompanies her on campaign.
- [Jean Massieu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/massieu.md): A bailiff who treats Joan with kindness during her trial.
- [Guillaume Erard](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/guillaume_erard.md): A preacher who denounces Joan publicly.
- [Martin Ladvenu](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/martin_ladvenu.md): The friar who hears Joan's final confession.
- [Raoul de Gaucourt](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/raoul_de_gaucourt.md): A French commander who disobeys Joan at Orleans.
- [Pothon of Saintrailles](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/pothon_of_saintrailles.md): A French captain who fights alongside Joan.
- [Queen Yolande](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/yolande.md): The Queen of Sicily who supports Joan's cause.
- [Mengette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/mengette.md): A childhood friend of Joan from Domremy.
- [Haumette](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/haumette.md): Another childhood friend of Joan from Domremy.

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