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Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Teenage French peasant girl felt moved by God to rescue France from English
A
Joan of Arc
B
Eleanor of Aquitaine
C
Theodora
D
Marie Antoinette
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Joan encouraged the French to aggressively pursue the English during the Loire Campaign, which culminated in another decisive victory at Patay, opening the way for the French army to advance on Reims unopposed, where Charles was crowned as the King of France with Joan at his side.

Detailed explanation-2: -According to historians, Joan of Arc was 19 when she was burnt at the stake in Rouen by the English on 30 May, 1431.

Detailed explanation-3: -A national heroine of France, at age 18 Joan of Arc led the French army to victory over the English at Orléans. Captured a year later, Joan was burned at the stake as a heretic by the English and their French collaborators. She was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint more than 500 years later, on May 16, 1920.

Detailed explanation-4: -During the Hundred Years’ War, the 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc leads a French force in relieving the city of Orleans, besieged by the English since October.

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