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JOAN OF ARC

Joan was born about 1412 in the village of Domremy

Joan of Arc was found guilty of heresy for wearing men's clothes. On 30 May 1431 Joan of Arc was burned to death in Rouen.

Joan never learned to read and write

Joan claimed that from about the age of 13 she heard 'voices'.

the 'voices' told Joan she would raise the siege of Orleans. They told her to go to the town of Vaucouleurs. They told her to see a man named Robert de Baudricourt. was rejected

in January 1429 Joan went to see de Baudricourt again. This time with the support of two powerful men in the town, was accpeted

He gave Joan of Arc an escort to the town of Chinon some 300 miles away to see the king. from that time on Joan insisted on wearing only male clothes.

she persuades the king to give her troops and weapons, then he goes to orleands to fight, she never participated but boosted the morale

the king abandoned her, she was captured, tortured, and burned by her people, and by the english