How signiﬁcant was Joan of Arc’s contribuon to French success in the later stages of the Hundred Years War? Today, Joan of Arc is an incredibly well-known, thoroughly studied and much discussed parcipant of the Hundred Years War. Arguably, the factors that give rise to such signiﬁcant interest in her as a historical ﬁgure are the features and events that stand out, or are considered to be in contradicon of expected contemporary norms and convenons. For example, she was female, a teenager and a peasant, none of which typically constuted the making of a military leader. Furthermore, the religious connotaons surrounding her supposed visions and voices have prompted a vast amount of discourse, not just focussing on Joan herself, but also on her place within the Hundred Years War. This paper will focus on the contribuons made by Joan of Arc in order to determine her signiﬁcance in relaon to French success in the laer stages of the Hundred Years War. To achieve this, the paper will engage with the historiography surrounding Joan and her exploits. Furthermore, the paper will discuss religion and religious beliefs - exploring Joan’s visions and the public reacon to those visions – followed by an exploraon of Joan as a ﬁgurehead, in order to argue that the morale she created alone made her a leader and was ulmately a signiﬁcant contribung factor to French success. While it is apparent that the French could very well have been successful without Joan of Arc, this paper will argue that Joan and her contribuons were of great signiﬁcance. There is an extensive historiography and variable discourse surrounding Joan and her feats as a military leader. Inevitably, some historians believe that Joan was not a military leader in any instance and that she was of no signiﬁcance in relaon to French success. Gordon 1