Time Magazine: WOMAN of the Millennium
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Thu Oct 1 05:57:34 EST 1998
Saint Joan of Arc
> Joan of Arc, in French, Jeanne d'Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron
> saint of France and a national heroine, led the
> resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. She was
> born the third of five children to a farmer, Jacques
> d'Arc and his wife Isabelle in the town of Domremy on the border of provinces of
> Champagne and Lorraine. Her childhood was spent
> attending her father's herds in the fields and learning religion and housekeeping
> skills from her mother. Both parents were intensely
> When Joan was about 12 years old, she began to hear "voices" of St. Michael, St.
> Catherine, and St. Margaret, believing them to have
> been sent by God. These voices told her that it was her divine mission to free
> her country from the English and help the dauphin gain
> the French throne. They told her to cut her hair, dress in man's uniform and to
> pick up the arms.
> By 1429, the English, with the help of their Burgundian allies, occupied Paris
> and all of France north of the Loire. The resistance was
> minimal due to lack of leadership and a sense of hopelessness. Henry V of England
> was claiming the French throne.
> Joan convinced the captain of the dauphin's forces, and then the dauphin himself
> of her calling. After passing an examination by a board
> of theologians, she was given troops to command and the rank of captain. At the
> battle of Orleans Joan led the troops to a miraculous
> victory over the English. She continued fighting the enemy in other locations
> along the Loire. Later, Joan persuaded the dauphin that he
> should be crowned Charles VII. At the coronation she was given a place of honor
> next to the king.
> In 1430 she was captured by the Burgundians while defending Compiegne near Paris
> and was sold to the English. The English, in turn,
> handed her over to the ecclesiastical court at Rouen to be tried for witchcraft,
> heresy and for wearing male clothing, which was
> considered an offense against the church. Joan was convicted and on May 30, 1431
> she was burned at the stake in the Rouen
> marketplace. Charles VII made no attempt to come to her rescue.
> In 1456 a second trial was held and she was pronounced innocent of the charges
> against her. She was beatified in 1909 and canonized in
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