While gathering the army at Gien, Charles and Joan sent out letters requesting representatives from various cities to attend the coronation. They advanced boldly to Reims and on July 17, 1429, Charles was crowned King and officially became King Charles VII(7th). Joan of Arc was allowed a spot near Charles during the coronation,-holding her banner, she stood proudly. (b) After the ceremony,she wept and said these words: “Noble King, now is accomplished the pleasure of God, who wished me to lift the siege of Orleans, and to bring you to this city of Reims to receive your holy anointing, to show that you are a true king and the one to whom the kingdom of France should belong.” P12
To do this she had to cut her hair, and pretend to be a man because only men were able to have a place in the court. Charles believed so much in this “miracle” that he let her come to the army base, but the problem was she didn’t know much about warfare. Due to her the English had weakened by disease and the lack of war supplies that they withdrew from Orleans. Ten days later Charles VII was crowned king at Reins. Joan was captured by one of the English allies which later was sold to the English.
Thus gaining herself sympathy and question of false accusations. After series of trials and only one witness (d’Arc herself) being questioned, Joan of Arc was found guilty of heresy by the courts of England. After her conviction was determined, Joan of Arc stated towards the judge and jury: “You say that you are my judge. I do not know if you are! But I tell you that you must take good care not to judge my wrongly, because you will put yourself in great danger.
The French army had originally had a tough time fighting against the English and was never really able to siege the city of Orleans but all of that changed when Joan of Arc had made an arrival in order to help. Even though she was excluded from the war meetings and tactical discussions, Joan knew exactly what she needed to know and would provide the moral support that was necessary for the troops to press on and claim
She brought supplies and reinforcements that were needed and also inspired the French to win. Joan took the lead for several battles and on May 7 she was hit by an arrow. After getting hit by the arrow she took care of her wound and returned to the fight, and later the French won that battle. On May 8, the English retreated from Orleans and France won the war. In May 1430, while leading a military expedition against the remaining English soldiers in France, Bourguignon soldiers kidnapped Joan and sold her to the English, who tried her for heresy.
At this time Joan was only 18 years old. There were several battles that took place between May 4 and May 7 until the French took control. She led several assaults toward the Anglo-Burgundians until they finally retreated across the Loire River. In the heat of one battle Joan was wounded, but later returned and encouraged her army to finish what was left in the battle. After the victory at Orleans, Joan was nicknamed “The Maid of Orleans”.
When she arrived, she spoke with him, and won him over. Charles agreed to let Joan, at the age of 17, accompany him and other soldiers to Orleans, which was one of the sites of an English siege. In waiting for this, Joan practiced and became skilled in fighting and horse riding.
A young woman who saved her people and her own country, a young woman who did something no one ever could imagine, a young woman who had visions from God. That young Woman was St Joan of Arc who was also known as “The maid of Orleans”. St Joan of Arc was a heroine, who saved France at the age of 18. She was born in 1412 in Domremy and died on May 30th in 1431 in Rouen, France. She led the French army to win over the English in Orleans.
She went on to lead other battles trying to stop the English. Joan never actually took fought in battles, she acted as a symbol, kind of like a school
Joan of Arc was conceived in 1412, in Domremy, France. The little girl of poor sharecroppers Jacques d' Arc and his better half, Isabelle, otherwise called Romée, Joan took in devotion and local aptitudes from her mom. Failing to venture a long way from home, Joan dealt with the creatures and turned out to be very talented as a needle worker. In 1415, King Henry V of England attacked northern France.
Eventually, they captured and imprisoned her. During her trial, Joan of Arc’s silent treatment towards the interrogator only irritated the English, and ultimately they convicted and sentenced her to burn at the stake. She faced martyrdom on May 30, 1431. Joan of Arc is remembered as a remarkable woman who stood by her beliefs and led her people of France to freedom. Catholics are fascinated by her because she became a saint out of her outstanding devotion to God even to the point of death.
Joan was only 18 or 19 when she died. Many who supported her believed that her death was a powerful witness of her commitment to God. When her sentence was to be carried out, she begged two priests, Father Martin Ladvenu and Father Isambart de la Pierre, to hold a crucifix before her as she burned so that she could see Jesus Christ. The English burned her body twice so that her remains would be completely ash and cast them all into the Seine River in order to prevent any collection of relics. Because of their actions they reveal that even the English thought of her as a saint.
(Paul). Joan, rallying her troops, lead France to victory, evicting England from Orléans (Paul). She continued to inspire her troops to victory after victory, eventually leading to the siege of Reims, and the coronation of Charles VII. Joan, eager to act, looked to besiege France. However, in September of 1429, her efforts were unsuccessful, and Charles withdrew all French soldiers (Joan of Arc.
Regardless of the actual cause behind said visions, at the time Joan and the world around her believed them to be spiritual in nature (d’Orsi and Tinuper 153-154). As Joan was brought to trial at the age of nineteen, she revealed that her rise to power was a direct result of following a series of visions she had as a young girl. For this reason, the Hundred Years War shifted into a highly religious conflict (Taylor 231-232). Despite her efforts to turn the tide of the war and helping to win a pivotal battle in Orleans, Joan was captured and put on trial for heresy. After a trial that lasted several months, Joan was named a heretic and burned at the stake in 1431 (O’Reilly 22).
The cameras stopped flashing, the models stopped posing, and the make up artists put down their brushes. “My name is Joan of Arc. I fought in the Hundred Years’ War in France from 1429 to 1431 while leading the French army to victory over the British. I was burned at the stake at the young age of 19. My people later made me a national symbol of France, and canonized me in 1920.
