Joan of Arc

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The paper describes Joan of Arc's claims of voices and visions which told her to save Orleans from the English. The paper looks at the battles she led against the English and her successes and setbacks. The paper describes her capture by the English and her trial and death. The paper shows how during her short life, Joan of Arc was not considered as someone who deserved to be named in the pages of history, but since her death she is considered a true patriot.

From the Paper:

"According to Elizabeth Lucie-Smith, in 1428, an illiterate shepherdess of seventeen decided she had been called by God to save her native France by expelling the English invaders who viewed this French rebel as a witch sent by the devil to be their ruination" (34). This "foul fiend of France and hag of all despised" was Joan of Arc, born around 1412 in the village of Domremy on the River Meuse in eastern Champagne. As a young girl, Joan worked as a farmhand and during her time away from this lowly occupation, she spent hours in the local parish church, where she prayed for her salvation. Some scholars support the idea that Joan saw visions in this church and at the age of thirteen heard voices which told her to save Orleans."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Denifle, Michel. Europe in the Late Middle Ages. New York: Faber & Faber, 1968.
• Lucie-Smith, Elizabeth. Joan of Arc. Boston: Allen Lane Publishing, 1976.
• McKisack, Michael. The Fourteenth Century. New York: Oxford University Press, 1986.
• Russell, Phillip E. The Hundred Year's War. New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1971.

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