WORLD HISTORY

HISTORY

MEDIEVAL CHRISTIAN EUROPE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who led the French army to victory at Orleans against the English, but was burned at stake for being a heretic?
A
Charlemagne
B
Pepin
C
Joan of arc
D
John Wycliffe
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d’Arc pronounced [ʒan daʁk]; 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.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -Joan of Arc knew nothing but war. Her country of France had been fighting England for about 75 years when she was born around 1412.

Detailed explanation-4: -As a teenager, Joan of Arc (c. 1412–1431) led the French army against the British during the Hundred Years War.

Detailed explanation-5: -The French heroine and saint was labeled a heretic, fraud, sorceress and cross-dresser. The English claimed many offenses against Joan of Arc.

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