How did Joan of Arc impact the 100 year war?

Answer 1

She gave the French a persona to look up to and to, if only superficially, unite them.

Joan of Arc led and inspired the French soldiers to raise the Siege of Orleans (May, 1429) and to defeat the English troops in the Battle of Patay. It was her courage and natural skill in making swift, decisive tactical decisions that led to the defeat of the English, who up to that time were defeating the French and were in a position to control all of what is now modern France.

Joan changed all that. She advised French military commanders like the Duc D'ALencon, who were often indecisive and hesitant to engage English forces. Joan was at the front of her troops in these engagements but carried her famous banner rather than using her sword. She would exhort her troops to

boldly engage the English and not to be afraid.

Joan's military successes led to the coronation of King Charles VII at Rheims in

July, 1429, which eventually led to the expulsion of the English from France and

ending the Hundred Years War. Joan's so-called "persona" was in no way

"superficial" but very decisive. This is a proven historical fact and has nothing to

do with religion, although Joan did claim to have divine guidance to lead the

French army to victory and lead the dauphin, the French crown prince, to Rheims

to be crowned king of France.

Answer 2

Joan of Arc's major contribution to the Hundred Years War was to lift the spirits of the nearly-defeated French troops and give them hope to continue.

Joan of Arc led and inspired her troops to raise the siege of Orleans, which was the strategic key to all of Southern France. The English already had control of all of northern France and only needed Orleans to make France into another Ireland under the authority of the English monarch.

After Orleans, Joan led her troops to a major victory at Patay on June 18, 1429, in which over 2000 English were killed in an open field battle, and Sir John Talbot, one of the most famous English commanders, was captured. Joan caught the English trying to retreat from the Orleans area back to Paris. She exhorted her troops to "Have good spurs! All of you!" When her commanders asked her did she mean to retreat? Joan replied, "NO! Chase them! For that you'll need good spurs!"

Next she conducted the dauphin, the French crown prince, to Rheims where he was crowned King Charles VII of France, putting an end to the English claim to

the French throne.

Joan of Arc basically turned the tide of the war soundly in favor of France. Without her actions it is very likely that France would have fallen entirely to the English, instead France was able to win and eventually dominate Western Europe for the next several centuries.

Answer 3

She gave the French a persona to look up to and to, if only superficially, unite them.

Joan of Arc led and inspired the French soldiers to raise the Siege of Orleans (May, 1429) and to defeat the English troops in the Battle of Patay. It was her courage and natural skill in making swift, decisive tactical decisions that led to the defeat of the English, who up to that time were defeating the French and were in a position to control all of what is now modern France.

Joan changed all that. She advised French military commanders like the Duc D'ALencon, who were often indecisive and hesitant to engage English forces. Joan was at the front of her troops in these engagements but carried her famous banner rather than using her sword. She would exhort her troops to

boldly engage the English and not to be afraid.

Joan's military successes led to the coronation of King Charles VII at Rheims in

July, 1429, which eventually led to the expulsion of the English from France and

ending the Hundred Years War. Joan's so-called "persona" was in no way

"superficial" but very decisive. This is a proven historical fact and has nothing to

do with religion, although Joan did claim to have divine guidance to lead the

French army to victory and lead the dauphin, the French crown prince, to Rheims

to be crowned king of France.

Answer 4

Joan was able to give the French troups the confidence they needed to drive the British out of France. Before Joan the French army considered itself inferior to the Brits and would take little initiative in the war.