Gilles de Rais Personality Type, MBTI
What is the personality type of Gilles de Rais? Which MBTI personality type best fits? Personality type for Gilles de Rais from Criminals and what is the personality traits.
ENFJ (3w4)
Gilles de Rais personality type is ENFJ, which is a rare, but not unheard of, type for this type of person. I would guess that it is a combination of the fact that he was a child prodigy and that he spent his life as a victim of abuse.
Jungian Personality Types
While Jungian personality types are not the only way to categorize people, they have been helpful in understanding Gilles de Rais. The following description of the Jungian personality types is from the book by Isabel Briggs Myers and Isabel Briggs Myers, Gifts Differing: Understanding Personality Type, available from Amazon.com.
ENFJ
The idealist-expressive function is dominant in ENFJs. They have a clear sense of whether something is right or wrong and an awareness of their own feelings and those of others. ENFJs are typically forceful and outspoken, and they expect others to support their ideals and vision; they can be very persuasive and charming. They are warm and welcoming, but they can also be critical, even cutting.
ENFP:
The idealist-feeling function is dominant in ENFPs.
Gilles de Rais (c. September 1405 – 26 October 1440), was a knight and lord from Brittany, Anjou and Poitou, a leader in the French army, and a companion-in-arms of Joan of Arc. He is best known for his reputation and later conviction as a confessed serial killer and rapist of children.
