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How did St. Joan of Arc persuade Robert de Baudricourt to help her?
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St. Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII in Reims Cathedral, by Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, 1854; in the Louvre, Paris.
When St. Joan of Arc first approached Robert de Baudricourt, the captain of the garrison at Vaucouleurs, in May 1428, he dismissed her and her visions, leading her to return home.1
She returned to Vaucouleurs in January 1429. During this second visit, her quiet firmness and piety earned her the respect of the local people. Ultimately, Baudricourt was persuaded that she was neither a witch nor feebleminded, which led him to grant her permission to travel to the dauphin at Chinon.12