Joan of Arc

Once upon a time, in the early 1400's,there lived a teen-aged peasant named Joan, in the village of Domrémy, in northern France. One day she was out tending her father's sheep when she heard "a worthy voice", and saw "a great light that came in the name of the voice." "Great things are expected of you", the voice said. "You must leave your native village and go to aid your king."

The closest thing to a king in France at that time was the Dauphin, who, having been proclaimed a bastard by his own mother, sat weak-limbed at Chinon while French and English soldiers, international mercenaries, and free-ranging criminals fought over the territory of France.

So Joan scraped the sheep manure off her feet, cut her hair "short and round in the fashion of young men", went to her uncle, Robert de Baudricourt, and persuaded him to provide her an escort to Chinon. He gave her a horse and a dagger slender enough for her maiden's hand, along with a tunic and trousers, boots, and a boy's black cap. He heard her six-man escort swear an oath that they would see her safely to Chinon; they wrapped their horses' feet in rags to muffle their clops and set off.

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Joan of Arc Links

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International Joan of Arc Society

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Joan of Arc (1412-1431)

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Joan of Arc Webring

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Joan of Arc Archive

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http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/joanofarc.html

Joan of Arc: Letter to the King of England, 1429

http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/source/nider-stjoan1.html

http://www.litrix.com/joan/joan001.htm

Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc By Mark Twain

http://www.stjoan-center.com/

http://www.stjoan-center.com/Trials/

Saint Joan of Arc's Trials

http://stjohns-stamford.org/chapel/StJoan.html

St. Joan of Arc

http://www.therussells.net/papers/joan/

The Creativity of Joan of Arc