Imagine

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Imagine

• being only 17 and commanding the army of an
  entire nation
• taking an arrow to the chest, yet continuing to
  fight
• ending a siege that had been going on 7 months
  in only 3 days
• leaping from a 60 foot tower and surviving
• being burned at the stake when you are only 19
  years old

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• This was the life of Joan of Arc

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• Once upon a time, in 1337, the English had
  control of parts of France (Atchley
  http//www.french-at-a-touch.com/French_History/hu
  ndred_years_war_1337-1453.htm).
• The French did not like this and wanted them
  out! Thus, the Hundred Years War began.

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• The Hundred Years War was a series of wars
  between the French and English kings.
• Since there were numerous truces and treaties
  over the years, it was called the Hundred Years
  War, even though it really lasted a total of 116
  years (Atchley http//www.french-at-a-touch.com/Fr
  ench_History/hundred_years_war_1337-1453.htm).

116
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• When Jehanne d'Arc (pronounced Jan/Jun
  dark) was 13, she began to hear the voices of
  angels, telling her she must save France (Kennedy
  http//www.maidofheaven.com).

• (Jehanne d'Arc was her real name the English
  version of Joan of Arc was actually never used
  while she was alive).

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• She went to see Charles VII and was tested by
  him and the church for several weeks. After
  proving herself, he gave her command of an army.

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• She won the siege in only 3 days and drove
  the English out of Orleans, even after being
  wounded by an arrow (Kennedy http//www.maidofheav
  en.com).

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• On May 23, 1430 she was captured by French
  soldiers who were traitors and sold her to the
  English (Greenblatt Lemmo 417).
• She attempted to escape by jumping from a 60
  foot tower, but was recaptured (Kennedy
  http//www.maidofheaven.com).

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• She was tortured and put on trial for heresy
  (blasphemy) by the English in Rouen, France (the
  English had control of this area). Charles VII,
  who became king thanks to her, did not even try
  to help her.
• She was found guilty and sentenced to
  death.

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A cardinal interrogating her in
prison.
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• On May 30, 1431, Jehanne d'Arc was burned
  at the stake in front of hundreds of onlookers
  (Kennedy http//www.maidofheaven.com).
• Her ashes were thrown in the Seine River.

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• Twenty-four years later, a trial deemed her
  innocent. She was called a martyr who was
  wrongly executed byclergy abusing their power
  (Kennedy http//www.maidofheaven.com).
• In 1920, the Catholic Church declared her a
  saint (Greenblatt Lemmo 417).

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• The Hundred Years War continued after
  Jehannes death, until the French finally drove
  the English out of (most of) France in 1453
  (Greenblatt Lemmo 417).

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Bibliography

• Atchley, Sharon. The Hundred Years War.
  French at a Touch. 2008.
• http//www.french-at-a-touch.com/French_History/
  hundred_years_war_1337-1453.htm. March 23, 2010.
• Greenblatt, Miriam and Lemmo, Peter. Human
  Heritage A World History. New York Glencoe
  McGraw-Hill, 2006.
• Kennedy, Ben. The Life of Saint Joan of Arc.
  Maid of Heaven. 2010. http//www.maidofheaven.co
  m/. March 23, 2010.