Saint Joan The Girl Soldier Book Report

The young war maiden was born in the small French village of Domrémy around January 6, 1412, but no one truly knows what day that Jacques and Isabelle d’Arc brought their daughter into this world. There was no true wall protecting Domrémy so they had to have a doyen was the one who held the key to the nearby castle to be able to hide in case of an attack which was Joan’s father. The title of doyen also gave her father the power to collect taxes and to settle local disputes (Kudlinski 10-11). Even from such a young age as six Joan was participating in holy rights like communion, fasting, and mass. Out of all the holy stories she knew her favorite was the stories about two saints Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret (14).

At a young age, she started to see visions of angels insisting her to lead the French troops to victory. One her visions instructed her to meet with the Dauphin to give her command of the army, in which she persuaded him and got control. According to Joan of Arc, at the age 17, Charles gave her armor and a horse to lead the army to Orléans. The battle lasted a couple of days in which the French troops took control and lifted the siege at Orléans. Some would say her success from the battle was her skill in placing artillery. After her victory, Dauphin was escorted to the city of Reims, a city where kings were crowned. He was crowned as the king of France; however, Joan was not able to see his victory. She was captured by the Burgundians who then turned her over to the English allies. She was placed on trial for heresy and witchcraft. Joan was tortured until she confessed, but she insisted that her voices came from God. She then was burned at the stake. Her people honored her and was later declared a saint of the Catholic

Although Joan had gained some respect, some things were still a challenge. Nonetheless, “She left Vaucouleurs about February 13, dressed in men’s clothes and accompanied by six men-at-arms. Crossing territory held by the enemy, and traveling for 11 days, she reached Chinon” (britannica.com). Stopping Joan was going to be quite the

Joan of Arc was a young French girl who was poor and illiterate; she had a vision from God which instructed her to lead the French military to victory in war against the English. After getting permission to lead the French troops, Joan of Arc dressed as a boy, in full armor went into battle. She led her troops into battle at Saint Jean le Blanc, where there was a fortress; they were able to take control of the fortress, Joan was shot in the neck by an arrow, but returned to fight. Joan’s actions were so important because she was a real inspiration to the

During the 14th century, Joan of Arc was fighting for her beloved country, France. She was a peasant girl who believe that God had chosen her to lead France to a victory during the Hundred Years' War. At age 13 she began to hear voices and was convinced that God had given her the purpose of banishing all of France’s enemies. Even as a young girl, she was able to reveal information that only a true messenger of God would know. She besieged the city of Orléans which was a humongous success for France.

For Joan of Arc, 1428 was the start of a new life and journey. In the May of that year, Joan makes her first trip to Vacouleurs to meet with Robert de Baudricourt asking him to send her to the king. He had initially rejected her but her strong willingness to pursue what she wanted led to her attracting a small group of followers who believedthat she truly was destined to save France according to a prophecy. Baudricort finally gave in to her and she set out to Chinon, the site of the prince’s fortress. With the help of Charles, she led an army to Orleans in March of 1429 wearing white armor on her white horse. Joan had led several French attacks and drove the Anglo-Burgundians from their fortess and forced them to leave and cross the Loire River.

Medieval knights are known for being strong, brave, and faithful. However, a well-known warrior in the Hundred Years’ War also shares these attributes. What makes her different is that she was a French peasant girl. At the age of 13, Joan of Arc heard voices from God telling her to save France. In the midst of the Hundred Years’ War, a conflict between England and France for the French throne, Joan was told to drive the English out of France, and see that Charles VII receive the crown. As a devout Catholic, Joan was going to make sure this happened. Joan’s courage and determination let her accomplish her task. Even in her darkest times, she stayed strong and faithful. She inspires people to this day, and left a legacy. Even though she was burned at the stake after being accused of witchcraft, she is remembered as a saint and a hero. Joan of Arc’s many achievements in battle and her legacy in French history lived on for her to become a saint centuries later.

At the age of thirteen she says she started having visions of God and other important figures telling her to fight the war. She went to the King at the job and told him about her visions. France was losing the war and their back was up against the wall so they figured she couldn't hurt anything. She served in the army dress up as a man and gave a lot of advice to the king. She came up with the plan to take back Orleans. After they took back Orleans she marched to Reims with Charles VII the King Of France. The War was pretty much over after that both sides was done fighting at the time because they couldn't loss anymore troops. A few years later the war resumed but didn't last long until France came out on top. During the end Joan of Arc was captured by Burgundy and offered back to France for a ransom but they said no. She was a prisoner of war until England got her and burned her to death for being a witch. Without Joan the war would have ended sooner with England winning but because of her she gave the France life. She hyped them up and got them into the war and gave great advice to take back cities like Orleans and

She even dressed up as a man so she could help the French army against the Burgundians. As she gained other people’s trust, she attained knighthood. She led armies into religious battles, and defeated most of the forces that they went up against. During this time, most girls would also be passive, only thinking about marriage. St. Joan strayed from this idea, and worked hard to become a role usually assigned to boys only.

When St. Joan of Arc was called by St. Michael and St. Catherine to save France, she did everything in her power to follow their commands, even though she was a mere peasant girl. In the end, Joan accomplished the goal of restoring France its rightful king, however, she was then captured by her enemies and burned at the stake. In contrast, although St. Therese could not become a martyr for her faith, she demonstrated that one could please God immensely through absolute devotion. St. Therese devised a “little way,” through which she performed each of her daily tasks for the love of God, offering up her hardships up without any complaint. Although St. Joan’s sacrifice, physically fighting, might seem greater than “the little way,” Therese’s mental and physical sufferings in her daily tasks were quite a burdensome sacrifice as

Saint Joan is a notable figure in the Christian world for her social work, religious work, and her other works during her lifetime. Saint Joan was tried for heresy on seventy counts for hearing the voices of Saint Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine. Saint Joan was canonized as a saint in 1920 for dying for her beliefs as a French heroine who shaped French nationalism. Saint Joan intensified France’s standing during the Hundred Years’ War against the British which resulted in Saint Joan affecting international relations through her strategic foreign maneuvers in expanding her beliefs in Catholicism. Joan de Arc was born in Domremy, France, on January 6, 1412, to a religious peasant family.

Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans", is viewed as a courageous woman of France for her part amid the Lancastrian period of the Hundred Years' War, and was consecrated as a Roman Catholic Saint. While Joan of Arc is a major medieval religious figure she was clearly a huge advocate of violent bloodshed and she used religion to justify it. When Joan made her case to help France win the Hundred’s years’ war she claimed that she was sent by God to assist England in the war, “The King should not turn away from, or reject, the Pucelle, who says she has been sent by God” (The Life of Joan Arc, 75). It is clear that Joan of Arc believes that England’s war with France was part of God’s will and that it was her duty to help assist her country in war. After convincing King Charles to help him in the Hundreds year war he sends her to the siege of Orleans as part of a relief mission.

Joan of Arc was the daughter of respectable peasants and she was born in 1412, in the little village of Domrémy, in France. She lived in a period of where France was in war against England. She grew up like any other young women her age, she was taught how to sew and spin, not to read and write. The only way she was set upart by other young women was how modest, simple, and industrial she was. When she was about thirteen years old she started hearing voices and she saw flashes of light. She believed that it was God trying to tell her something. She believed that He was trying to tell her to go fight for the French. When she told her parents that they didn’t believe her and tried to persuade her not to do it. The village priest, her friends, and the govenor of the town tried to stop her, but they couldn’t.

There, this army achieved a historic victory over the English and their French allies, the Burgundians. Right after the coronation of King Charles VII, Joan was captured by Anglo-Burgundian forces. She was a prisoner for six months; she made numerous attempts to escape, the most daring being jumping from a tower, stating that she would rather die than be in the hands of the English. In November 1430 she was sold to the English for ten thousand francs, and was then transferred to Rouen. Once in their hands, she was kept in chains and guarded constantly by cruel English soldiers.

Not only was Joan a hard worker, she was also a very religious. Joan was described as “...a very good girl and very pious…”, and family had said she insisted of taKing communion every month (Bishop 316). When she was thirteen, Joan began to see visions of deceased saints, Saint Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret (Bishop 316). Joan’s voices were accompanied with a green light, and they were heard over her right shoulder (Harrison). When Joan was sixteen, she declared herself the “virgin warrior” that was sent from God to save France, and visited a nearby fortress in Vaucouleurs (Harrison & Bishop 316).