Joan of Arc
“The Entrance of Joan of Arc into Orléans on 8th May 1429” by Jean-Jacques Scherrer
by Ari
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d’Arc [ʒan daʁk]; Middle French: Jehanne d’Arc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) a pious peasant in medieval France, believed that God had chosen her to lead France to victory in its long-running war with England. 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. After seeing the prince crowned King Charles VII, Joan was captured by enemy forces, tried for witchcraft and burned at the stake at the age of 19. By the time she was canonized in 1920, Joan of Arc was considered one of history’s greatest martyrs, and the patron saint of France.