HISTORY
MISCELLENOUS QUESTIONS
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She drove the English from Calais.
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She led a peasant uprising that ended feudalism.
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She led the French to victories against the English in the Hundred Years War.
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She led the English troops in the Hundred Years War.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Why is St. Joan of Arc famous? St. Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France. She was a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans in 1429 that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years’ War.
Detailed explanation-2: -She was an inspirational figure for her country’s armies and led then into battle against the English during the Hundred Years War. Joan was captured and burned at the stake as a heretic when she was 19 years old.
Detailed explanation-3: -As a teenager, Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431) led the French army against the British during the Hundred Years War. In 1422, both Henry V and Charles VI died.
Detailed explanation-4: -Although the Hundred Years War would carry on for a further 22 years after her death, Joan of Arc can be attributed with marking a turning point in the very long and complicated civil war between the Dauphin (the future King Charles VII), the Burgundians, and the English.
Detailed explanation-5: -In early 1430, Joan organized a company of volunteers to relieve Compiègne, which had been besieged by the Burgundians-French allies of the English. She was captured by Burgundian troops on 23 May. After trying unsuccessfully to escape, she was handed to the English in November.