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Joan Of Arc Timeline

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Romane Cadot Joan of Arc Joan of Arc was born about 1412 in Domrémy, village of the duchy of Barn 1 (now in the department of Vosges in Lorraine), and died on the pyre on 30 May 1431 in Rouen, capital of the duchy of Normandy then possession of the kingdom of England, is a heroine of the history of France, a warrior and saint of the Catholic Church, nicknamed since the sixteenth century the "Maid of Orleans" and since the nineteenth century "mother of the French nation". Her family will be ennobled by king Charles VII and will change his name in d'Arc. A very pious girl, she went to church every Saturday and practiced alms for the poor. It grew as the Hundred Years War shook France. The King of England Edward III claimed the …show more content…

She summons him to make an exit, but the last one was too catastrophic that the bastard of Orléans prefers to wait for the reinforcements. Jeanne takes things in hand, two English bastides stand in the region, they must be attacked! Jeanne loads herself the bastide of the Augustinians, the garrison follows her and it is a success. In the evening at the council of war, Dunois and his men want to leave it at that, but Jeanne refuses. It rouses the population that is preparing all night. The next day, the assault is given, the fortress is formidable, the losses are high, Jeanne is touched by a crossbow tile above the breast. The wound is superficial, it returns to galvanize its troops. The English panic, they threw themselves into the Loire, on May 8, 1429, Orleans was saved. It's a miracle ! For Jeanne, the capture of Orleans proves the divine character of his mission, the crowd even lends him powers of healing. For the English, humiliated, Jeanne is sent by the devil. She continues on its way upwards towards Reims, submitting by will or force each of the cities in its passage. On July 17, 1429, Charles was crowned king of France in the cathedral of Reims in the presence of Jeanne and took the name of Charles VII. Joan of Arc fulfilled half of her mission. He still had to march on

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