WORLD HISTORY

INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION

DECLINE OF FEUDALISM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was the teenage French girl who led the French army in their victory at the Battle of Orleans inspired nationalism; burned at the stake after being branded a heretic?
A
King Henry II
B
King Edward I
C
Joan of Arc
D
John of Arc
Explanation: 

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: -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-3: -JOAN OF ARC HEARD VOICES SHE BELIEVED ORIGINATED FROM GOD, COMMANDING HER TO LEAD THE FRENCH ARMY TO VICTORY OVER THE ENGLISH. SHE DID JUST THAT, INSPIR-ING HER SOLDIERS TO ‘GO BOLDLY! ‘ IN THE END, SHE FACED TRIAL FOR HER ACTIONS.

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