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Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc, born in 1412, was a French peasant girl who believed she was on a divine mission from the saints. She aggressively led the French to several decisive victories over the English during the Hundred Years' War, and is considered a 15th century French heroine. At the age of 19, in 1431, she was tried for heresy and then burned at the stake. In 1909 she was beatified, and in 1920 canonized as a saint.

Fast Facts

Born: 1412
Burned at the Stake: May 30, 1431
Claimed to be on a divine mission, guided by saints who spoke to her
Had aggressive military strategies that reinvigorated the French armies
Commonly known as la Pucelle (the Maid) by her contemporaries
24 years after he death she was declared innocent and declared a martyr

Timeline

1412: Born
1431: Burned at the stake
1455: Found innocent and declared a martyr
1909: Beatified by Pope Saint Pius X
1920: Cannonized by Pope Benedict XV

Source of Inspiration

Since her execution, Joan of Arc has served as a source of inspiration for numerous authors and composers, including William Shakespeare, Voltaire, Giuseppe Verdi, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Mark Twain and George Bernard Shaw. Variations of her have also appeared in movies and on television. One of which was the television miniseries, Joan of Arc, starring Leelee Sobieski.

Categories

History | European History | Hundred Years War | Belief and Thought

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Joan of Arc Timeline

1412: Born
1429: Traveled through Lorraine to Vaucouleurs and leaves for Chinon
1429: May 8, Liberation of Orleans Joan's Victory
1430: Joan leaves Sully where the French court resided & conquers Compiegne
1430: Captured by the bastard of Vandonne and turned over to the Bishop Pierre Cauchon
1430: Imprisonment at the Beaulieu and Beaurevoir
1430: Transfer from Beaurevoir to Rouen
1431: January - Opening of her condamnation trial
1431: May - St Ouen cemetary, renounced her confession
1431: 28, May - Proclaimed a relapsed heretic and abandoned to secular authorities
1431: 30, May - In the morning, Joan is burnt alive on Rouen's old market square

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Saints | Martyr | Martyrdom | France | History of France | Hundred Years' War | Heresy | Catholicism | Divine Intervention

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