WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

DECLINE OF FEUDALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When did the Battle of Orleans take place?
A
1215
B
1295
C
1381
D
1429
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Between October 1428 and May 1429, during the Hundred Years’ War (1337-1453), the city of Orleans, France, was besieged by English forces. On May 8, 1429, Joan of Arc (1412-31), a teenage French peasant, successfully led a French force to break the siege.

Detailed explanation-2: -The siege of Paris was an assault undertaken in September 1429 during the Hundred Years’ War by the troops of the recently crowned King Charles VII of France, with the notable presence of Joan of Arc, to take the city held by the English and Burgundians.

Detailed explanation-3: -The siege of Orleans was the turning point of the Hundred Years War. After over 80 years of warfare the French finally gained the upper hand with the decisive victory at Orleans.

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