INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION
DECLINE OF FEUDALISM
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Question
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She inspired the French to drive the English out of France.
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She successfully negotiated the peace between England and France.
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She terrified the English into submission because she survived an attempted burning at the stake.
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She convinced the English to continue fighting for king and country.
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Detailed explanation-1: -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: -Driven by the belief that it was her divine mission to restore the French king to the French throne, she led the French to many a victory, including at Orleans. Her presence inspired the troops and gave them the confidence in the rightness of their cause which eventually led to France winning the Hundred Years’ War.
Detailed explanation-3: -Joan of Arc inspired the transformation of heart and the pursuit of courage and holiness among the most hardened of military leaders, soldiers, and observers. Despite her youth, lack of military training, and the fact that she was a female, she commanded respect and impressed others with her purity and goodness.
Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -With no military training, Joan convinced crown prince Charles of Valois to allow her to lead a French army to the besieged city of Orléans, where they achieved a stunning victory.