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Joan of Arc fought, or more precisely, led and inspired the French troops, at the

raising the siege of Orleans by the English, the capture of the town of Jargeau

on the Loire River, and at the Battle of Patay, an open field battle where over

2000 English soldiers were killed. Joan mainly carried her banner into battle and

rarely used her sword because she did not want to kill anyone. She did,

however, at the battle before Paris, actually duel a Burgundian knight with a

sword and won! She captured the knight and took his armor and sword.

Joan engaged in many other minor battles, always as the leader in the thick of

the fight, and was eventually captured by the Burgundians when they raised

the drawbridge of Compeigne in May, 1430. She was later bought by the English, who hated and feared Joan, and convicted her of heresy in a mock trial

in Rouen which was totally biased and political. She was later declared innocent in a Nullification trial in 1456 called for by Charles VII, who had approached the pope, declaring Joan's original trial and execution a travesty of justice.

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