8 March 2013
She was born a peasant girl in what is now eastern France. Young French girl Born 6 January 1412 Who became known as 'The Maid of Orleans'
Claiming divine guidance, Joan said she had received visions from God instructing her she led the French army to several important victories during the Hundred Years' War, which paved the way for the coronation of Charles VII of France.
She was captured by the Burgundians, transferred to the English in exchange for money, Put on trial by the pro-English Bishop of Beauvais Pierre Cauchon for charges of "insubordination and heterodoxy",and was burned at the stake for heresy stake, branded a witch when she was years 19 years old on 30 May 1431
To the present day, from Napoleon I onward, French politicians of all leanings have invoked her memory. Famous writers and composers who have created works about She her memory lives in and battles displayed in modern days In film, theatre, television, video games, music, and performances.
Twenty-five years after her execution An inquisitorial court authorized by Pope Callixtus III examined the trial, He pronounced her innocent, and declared her a martyr. Many many years later Joan of Arc was beatified in 1909 and canonised in 1920. France and a Roman Catholic saint, Her feast day is 30 May
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