Joan+of+Arc

= Joan of Arc =

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We all have a special talent that will be used in the future, seventeen year old Joan of Arc could hear voices. Heavenly voices. These voices gave her the mission to drive the English out of France. She told Charles VII this, (who was fighting the English to become the French king) he responded by giving her an army, suit of armor, and a white banner. Joan and 6,000 other men fought the English army. Within 10 days France was free from the English. Charles was crowned king of France. Joan had wanted to go back home, but Charles had persuaded her to stay. A couple months afterwards she was kidnapped by a French traitor and sold to the English. She spent a year in prison, and was tried for being a witch and was burned at stake. She was eighteen. Twenty-four years later a trial claimed her innocence. Works Cited
 * Greenblatt, Miriam, and Peter S. Lemmo. “Joan of Arc.” Glenco Human Heritage a World History. Columbus, Ohio: Glenco/‌McGraw, 2004. 417-418. Print.
 * “Jeanne D’Arc, St.” Encyclopedia of Occultism and Parapsychology. 5th ed. N.p.: Gale Group, 2001. N. pag. Biography Resource Center. Web. 5 May 2010.
 * “Joan of Arc.” Britannica Elementary Encylcopedia. 2003. N.p.: n.p., 2003. N. pag. eLibrary. Web. 5 May 2010.
 * “The Trial of Joan of Arc.” Library Journal 15 Oct. 2005: 62. eLibrary. Web. 5 May 2010.

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Although Joan of Arc was a huge military success in the beginning, her life was cut short by the very person that employed her. Joan of Arc started having visions and hearing voices in 1425. She claimed the voices were telling her to forget and leave her small town along with everyone in and go save France. France at the time was in the4 middle of the Hundred Years War and was ruled by two kings. The first was English, King Henry VI and the second was French, King Charles VII. Joan of Arc sided with France and King Charles had her sent to be an aid in Orleans, a city that had be besieged by England for many years. She then helped France capture it. Joan of Arc did much like this for France and she gained a lot of territory for France. But later she advised the King of a way that she believed they would be able to recapture Paris unfortunately her plan failed. Joan of Arc suffered only failure and loss after that. King Charles' adviser's then told him that it would be a good idea to get rid of her since she wasn't doing them any good and the King obeyed. Joan of Arc was captured and burned by a stake. JLG Works Cited
 * Crowley, Robert, and Geoffery Parker. “Joan of Arc.” Robert Crowley and Goeffery Parker the Readers Companion to Military History. N.p.: Houghton, 1996. N. pag. eLibrary. Web. 3 May 2010.

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