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Quick Facts
- NAME: St Joan of Arc
- BIRTH DATE: c. 1412
- DEATH DATE: May 30, 1431
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Domremy, France
- PLACE OF DEATH: Rouen, France
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Joan of Arc was a peasant girl who, believing that she was acting under divine guidance, led the French army in a momentous victory at Orlans.
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Joan of Arc - Full Episode (44:45)
Joan of Arc - Dressed as a Man
Joan of Arc cropped her hair, wore men's clothing and remained a virgin, gaining mythical status among her followers..
Joan of Arc - Heretic or Saint?
On a spring morning in the year 1430 Joan of Arc was captured by the English. The English put Joan on trial for witchcraft and ending up burning her at the stake for violating a biblical injunction by dressing as a man.
Joan of Arc - Full Episode
By the age of 19, Joan of Arc would be dead and all of her bold predictions would come true. But where did this young, saintly figure come from?
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Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in Domrémy, Bar, France. Believing that she was acting under divine guidance, she led the French army in a momentous victory at Orléans that repulsed an English attempt to conquer France during the Hundred Years' War. Captured a year afterward, Joan was burned by the English and their French collaborators as a heretic. She was canonized as a saint on May 16, 1920.
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