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Joan of Arc, national heroine of France, a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War. Captured a year afterward, Joan was burned to death as a heretic.
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War.
- Imposter Syndrome. After her death, people began to claim that Joan didn’t actually burn at the stake that fateful day. As it turns out, Joan's brothers, lovely human beings that they were, had teamed up with a woman named Claude des Armoises, who was said to resemble Joan.
- Don't Get on Her Bad Side. Joan had a quite a temper. She frequently reamed out her French soldiers if they didn’t attend Mass, if they swore or had generally bad behavior, and particularly if they didn’t go along with her military plans.
- Too Little, Too Late. Through all this, the Hundred Year’s War was still ongoing, and it went on for 22 years after Joan of Arc’s death. Charles VII kept his throne and his crown, but ordered an investigation surrounding her untimely demise.
- Putting a Name to It. Modern-day psychologists classify Joan's strange experiences as auditory and visual hallucinations. While the mental pathology of what Joan suffered from has been debated and discussed for years, two Italian neurologists have recently suggested that she was suffering from genetic epilepsy that affected just one part of her brain, giving her those aural and visual hallucinations.
Apr 3, 2014 · Martyr, saint and military leader Joan of Arc, acting under divine guidance, led the French army to victory over the English during the Hundred Years' War.
Born a peasant girl in 1412 in medieval France, Jeanne d’Arc (or Joan of Arc in English) would die just 19 years later heralded as a martyr, warrior and saviour of her nation.
Nov 9, 2009 · Joan of Arc, a peasant girl, became a military leader in medieval France. After being burned at the stake by authorities, she became a beloved martyr and saint. Skip to content
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Mar 28, 2019 · Joan of Arc (Jeanne D 'Arc, l. c. 1412-1431 CE) was a medieval peasant who, claiming to receive visions from God, turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War in favor of a French victory. She was famously martyrd for standing by her claim of divine inspiration and later canonized as a saint.
