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Essay Archive - Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc is also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron of France
and a national heroine. Joan led the resistance to the English invasion in
the Hundred Years' War. She was born the third of five children to a
farmer. Jacques Darc and his wife Isabelle de Vouthon in the town of
Domermy 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.
When Joan was about twelve years old, she began hearing "voices"
of Saint Michael, Saint Catherine, and Saint Margaret. ....
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