Joan+of+Arc

Born: 1412 roughly 6 January Domrémy, France Died: 30 May 1431 (burned at the stake) Best known as: The French heroine who was burned at the stake Also known as: The maid of Orleans in French Jeanne D'Arc

Joan of Arc fought in the hundred years war, and was still known as the hero of France six centuries later. When she was a teenager she heard voices from above telling her to save France from English domination, despite her young age they put her at the head of an army, in 1429 she attacked and made the English retreat from Orleans. Later in 1430 Joan was captured by the English and burned at Stake Because the English thought of her as a witch.When Joan joined the army she was dressed in mans clothes her age was sixteen in 1920 in May she was canonized and is now recognised as a saint.