What Joan impressed on the men by her faith and her actions, then, had more to do with the things of God that the machinery of war or prevailing politics. For her the struggle against English occupation and the eventual permanent establishment of French sovereignty were matters of justice, and justice was regarded as a major virtue in the Middle Ages. From justice came the origins of chivalry, which was about much more than mere courtesy: it concerned the order of a sovereign society and its place in the economy of God's plan for the world.
"What Joan impressed on the men by her faith and her actions, then, had more to do with the things of God that the machinery of war or prevailing politics."
For Joan, the fight against English occupation and the establishment of French sovereignty were seen as divine justice. In the Middle Ages, justice was a core virtue, linked to the origin of chivalry, which aimed to uphold the order of society within God's grand plan for the world.
