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Joan of Arc

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Joan of Arc Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?-31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. Inspiration and Leadership At a young age she began to hear "voices" —those of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. When she was about 16, the voices exhorted her to bear aid to the dauphin, later King Charles VII , then kept from the throne by the English in the Hundred Years War . Joan won the aid of Robert de Baudricourt, captain of the dauphin's forces... Read more

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc Born: c. 1412 Domr é my, France Died...French heroine The French national heroine Joan of Arc led a troop of French soldiers and served...which caused severe hardship in France. Joan of Arc's place in history was finally solidified... Read more

Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc The French national heroine Joan of Arc (c. 1412-1431) led a troop of French soldiers and served as...occupation in the last phase of the Hundred Years War. The life of Joan of Arc must be considered against the background of the later stages... Read more

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