Joan Of Arc Report

Joan of Arc was born in the village of Domre?my, in the Meuse River Valley in the year 1412, where she lived as the daughter of a wealthy tenant farmer. She lived in Europe during what was known as The Hundred Years War. As a girl, she spent most of her time in church, but on eday at the age of 7, she claimed she saw a vision from St. Micheal, telling her to be good. At age 13, the visions commanded Joan to travel to the lord known as the Dauphin to inspire his armies to clear the way to Roims for his own coronation. Her father forbid her to go, but Joan thought of the visions and went anyway. When she arrived in the Dauphin?s court, he made a servant dress as him and greet Joan as a test, but Joan went straight to the real lord and greeted him. The Dauphin was not entirely convinced of Joan?s mission, and months of indecision followed while she was questioned. But slowly an army was gathered, and the Dauphin equipped Joan with armor, horses, attendants, and even her own personalized banner. When th earmy moved to Orleans, Joan didn?t command it, but her presence inspired confidence. When Joan didn?t like
In spite of all, Joan maintained her innocence, and answered tricky questions with unaffected answers, and she said the saints commanded her still. Eventually, she admitted to her ?crimes?, but many thought that she didn?t know how to admit them correctly, and her sentence went from death to life imprisonment. This enraged the English, and it wasn?t long before Joan was accused of lying when she admitted her ?crimes?, and on May 30, 1431, at age 19, Joan was burnt at the stake. Charles VII made no effort to save Joan, but 25 years later he put through Joan?s request to see the Pope, and a religious court changed the judgement of 1431. On May 16, 1920, Joan was made a saint by the Roman Catholic