WORLD HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Joan of Arc, a pious peasant in medieval France, believed that God had chosen her to lead France to victory in its long-running war with England.

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: -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.

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: -Though illiterate, she could sign her name. When she did, she signed it “Johanne” or Jehanne.” It was the French feminine form of “John” which was translated to “Joan” by her English captors. She didn’t come from any place named Arc but was born and raised in Domrémy in northeastern France.