Joan of Arc

Saint Joan of Arc was a French military heroine. She was a peasant girl who from an early age believed she heard the voices of Saints Michael, Catherine, and Margaret. When she was about 16, her voices began urging her to aid France’s dauphin (crown prince) and save France from the English attempt at conquest in the Hundred Years’ War. Dressed in men’s clothes, she visited the dauphin and convinced him, his advisers, and the church authorities to support her. With her inspiring conviction, she rallied the French troops and raised the English siege of Orléans in 1429. She soon defeated the English again at Patay. The dauphin was crowned king at Reims as Charles VII, with Joan beside him. L...View all