Notes opens a win­dow into a rich tapes­try of shared lega­cy between France and Scot­land, woven through the sto­ry of Jeanne d’Arc. Her mil­i­tary cam­paign at Lagny, where she tri­umphed over the Bur­gun­di­ans under Fran­quet d’Arras, gains added depth when her Scot­tish con­nec­tions are con­sid­ered. One remark­able detail is the pos­si­bil­i­ty that her icon­ic ban­ner was cre­at­ed by a Scot­tish artist, per­haps a James Pol­warth or some­one from the Hume fam­i­ly. This visu­al sym­bol, which accom­pa­nied her into bat­tle, reflects not only her divine inspi­ra­tion but the sub­tle pres­ence of for­eign alle­giance. A monk from Dun­fermline claimed to have wit­nessed her vic­to­ries and final moments, under­scor­ing how her sto­ry echoed even in dis­tant lands. Through such tes­ti­monies, Jeanne’s image as a spir­i­tu­al fig­ure of resis­tance and puri­ty gains transna­tion­al dimen­sions.

The sym­bol­ism that sur­rounds her mar­tyr­dom is strik­ing. A Scot­tish archer report­ed­ly kept a por­trait of Jeanne, sug­gest­ing a per­son­al ven­er­a­tion long before her can­on­iza­tion. Eye­wit­ness accounts from the Reha­bil­i­ta­tion tri­al men­tion a white dove appear­ing as her body burned—a moment inter­pret­ed by many as mirac­u­lous. Such tes­ti­mo­ny, col­lect­ed decades after her death, con­tributed to the sacred aura that would even­tu­al­ly lead to her being declared ‘Ven­er­a­ble’ by the Church. Her spir­i­tu­al lega­cy was not con­fined to France. Scot­land, with its own his­to­ry of resis­tance and faith, found in Jeanne a kin­dred spir­it. The encour­age­ment to con­sult M. Quicherat’s detailed tri­al records fur­ther val­i­dates the endur­ing curios­i­ty and rev­er­ence her sto­ry com­mands, not only for its his­tor­i­cal grav­i­ty but for its spir­i­tu­al res­o­nance.

The men­tion of Scot­tish archers in France around 1507, includ­ing two men named Lang or Laing, reminds read­ers of the con­tin­ued Fran­co-Scot­tish alliance. These sol­diers rep­re­sent more than mer­ce­nary presence—they sym­bol­ize shared pur­pose and his­tor­i­cal broth­er­hood in a con­ti­nent marked by shift­ing loy­al­ties. The mil­i­tary ser­vice of these archers stands as a lega­cy echo­ing the Auld Alliance, which for­mal­ly unit­ed France and Scot­land against com­mon ene­mies. Jeanne’s cam­paign, sup­port­ed by such alliances, paints her vic­to­ries not mere­ly as nation­al achieve­ments but as efforts sus­tained by inter­na­tion­al cama­raderie. It high­lights how wars are fought not just by nations but by indi­vid­u­als bound by shared val­ues. In this sense, Jeanne’s con­nec­tion to Scot­tish sup­port offers a broad­er nar­ra­tive of uni­ty in a frac­tured age.

Toward the end of the chap­ter, a com­pelling shift occurs through the ref­er­ence to Rev. John Blackader’s mem­oirs, par­tic­u­lar­ly his account of the 1691 siege of the Bass Rock. While tem­po­ral­ly dis­tant from Jeanne d’Arc, the siege sto­ry mir­rors her themes of resis­tance, sac­ri­fice, and spir­i­tu­al endurance. Those who defend­ed the Bass did so with a faith that echoed Jeanne’s, hold­ing firm against over­whelm­ing force with belief as their shield. This con­nec­tion bridges the 15th and 17th cen­turies, rein­forc­ing a time­less pat­tern of courage fueled by con­vic­tion. Both Jeanne’s stand at Rouen and the defend­ers’ resis­tance at the Bass are framed not mere­ly as mil­i­tary acts, but as dec­la­ra­tions of spir­i­tu­al resolve. The faith of these fig­ures becomes a uni­fy­ing theme across gen­er­a­tions.

These lay­ered narratives—of Jeanne’s sac­ri­fice, the con­tri­bu­tions of Scot­tish allies, and the echoes of resis­tance cen­turies later—form a por­trait of endur­ing val­or. It’s not just about remem­ber­ing facts, but about under­stand­ing how sto­ries sur­vive and inspire. In a world often eager to for­get nuance, this chap­ter encour­ages a reawak­en­ing of col­lec­tive mem­o­ry through doc­u­ment­ed truth and shared leg­end. By revis­it­ing tri­al records, mil­i­tary roles, and siege jour­nals, the read­er is offered more than history—they’re giv­en her­itage. Through this lens, Jeanne d’Arc is more than a saint or soldier—she becomes a bridge between nations, cen­turies, and con­vic­tions. And the Scot­tish threads in that tapes­try add weight to a nar­ra­tive that refus­es to fade.