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Joan Of Arc Research Paper

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joan of Arc was born in 1412 in France. Most of her childhood was relatively uneventful, until in 1424, when she began having visions. In her visions, Saint Margaret, Saint Catherine, and Saint Michael told Joan that she needed to support King Charles VII and help rid France of the English. During the many battles of the Hundred Years War that were to come, despite her young age, Joan, a simple peasant girl, was instrumental in capturing Orleans. This accomplishment was immense, but she later went on to capture Rheims, Paris, and numerous other towns in an effort to free France from the English. While the French revered her for her accomplishments, the English declared her a heretic. Joan was captured eventually by the Burgundians, who exchanged

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