Joan of Arc

It has been suggested (Charlie) which may have honored her Patron, King Charles Vii. That"s Charles the seventh. it is easy to remember- as the word Charles has seven letters. Charles was married once, and also had a mistress Agnes Sorel, who had an elaborate state funeral, quite unlike Joan. about a year ago the body of Agnes Sorel was disinterred and an autopsy was performed. I kid you not. a Girl who has been dead for over 500 years!- and not an Egyptian mummy, either.

Most people loved Joan with the exception of the British and their allies as she had thoroughly humiliated and embarrassed them on the battle ground.

That would be an impossibilty considering that she was burned at the stake and then her ashes were gathered up and burned an additional two times so that little more that dust remained and this dust was thrown into the river. Nothing remained of her body.

Joan of Arc had soundly defeated the English at the raising of the siege of Orleans in May, 1429 and at The Battle of Patay, where over 2000 English soldiers were killed that June. This prevented the English from gaining control over all of France and having Henry VI, their king, become the king of France, but rather Charles VII, who Joan had conducted to Rheims to be crowned.

The English therefore feared and hated Joan, so that after she was captured by their ally, the Burgundians, who sold her to the English for 10,000 livres, they decided that they couldn't execute Joan for defeating them in battle, but they could get pro-English French clergy to try her for heresy. This mock trial was full of legal errors, Joan didn't even have a lawyer! All they could find against Joan was that she wore men's clothing, which was contrary to some obscure passage in The Bible.

The reason Joan wore men's clothing on the battlefield was to wear armor to keep from being hurt and in prison she wore men's clothing to keep from being raped by her low class English guards. So Joan was burnt at the stake on May 30, 1431.

25 years later the pope ordered a review of this trial at the request of King Charles VII and so many errors were found in it, and that it had all been a "put up job by the hatred of the English" that Joan was found not guilty of heresy and the entire trial declared null in July, 1456.

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a) she had outlived her usefulness

b) she was the prisoner, not of the English, but of the Church.

Joan of Arc Day (the feast of Joan of Arc) is on May 30.

The French believe she is. The British not so much.

Joan of arc got shot by an arrow in her shoulder but still came out successful

The Maid of Orleans refers to Joan of Arc, a French military leader and saint who played a significant role in the Hundred Years' War. She claimed to have received visions from saints instructing her to help Charles VII of France reclaim his throne from the English. Joan led the French troops to several key victories before being captured and eventually burned at the stake by the English in 1431.

There are two different official crests- usually used as signs - not necessarily worn on costumes, in the field- associated with Jeanne D"arc. One has the blue shield Field with an upright sword a crown ( in some cases a ring-perhaps the brass ring used in medieval field exercises- before carnivals picked up the idea) and two Fleurs de Lis- the appliques are silver or white on a Blue field. a more modern variation is similar but the appliques are in Gold- this is not the traditional Johannic arms. Finally she may very well have worn a cross of Lorraine (probably on a pull-over vest ) fabric- right over her heart on her breastplate- that is a real sight to behold! The Cross of Lorraine is associated with Joan of Arc, French patriotism, and as you may have guessed, the Legion Etrangere. The Legion variant has a silver white metal Cross of Lorraine on a Turquoise ( signifying ocean water- hence Foreign wars) shield, It is a very neat heraldic device- used by the Foreign Legion.

Joan of Arc was an actual person, and most of the events surrounding her story did happen, so the story doesn't actually serve a purpose. It was a real woman existing during a real war. However, people could take different lessons from Joan of Arc. For instance: the strength of women, the strength of faith in God, women can do anything men can do, don't put too much faith in your allies (the Dauphin abandoned Joan of Arc to burn at the stake and didn't send anyone to rescue her). However, the "story" doesn't serve a purpose because its not a made up story that was created in order to teach a lesson or a moral, it was an actual event involving an actual woman.

Joan is the patroness of:

•captives

•France

•imprisoned people

•martyrs

•opposition of Church authorities

•people ridiculed for their piety

•prisoners

•rape victims

•soldiers

•WACs

•WAVES

•Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service

•Women's Army Corps

While she was fighting for the French, Joan of Arc was caught by their enemy; the English. The English put her on trial and charged her with being a witch. She was found guilty and burned at the stake. Soon after, the French defeated the English and won the war. A long time later, Joan of Arc was declared to be a saint by the Catholic Church.

Joan was set up. The presiding bishop found an obscure passage in the Old Testament stating that women were not to wear men's clothing. The bishop had Joan sign a statement that she would no longer do so. British authorities, during the night, removed the women's clothing from her cell, leaving Joan nothing but men's clothing to wear. Joan also wore men's clothing to protect herself from rapists. The next time she appeared in court she was again wearing men's clothing. The bishop told her she had violated her agreement and found her guilty of heresy.

Joan of Arc is considered to be a revolutionary because she caused a sudden and dramatic change in society. She was nicknamed The Maid of Orleans.

There are no known remaining portraits of Joan of Arc. Nobody truly knows what she looks like. It is saaid she was short of stature, barely 5 feet tall, was rather stocky and had black hair.

nothing. The Magna Carta was signed about two centuries before she was born. It was English while she was French.

she led the French army to several important victories during the 100 years war, the crucial battle was at Orleans 1429/1429

Nobody knows with any real clarity what God believes, but if God were to have any opinion on magic, Joan of Arc would be irrelevant to that belief. Joan of Arc, if she is to be believed, had acts of prophecy and communication with God. She did not perform magic or illusions are such terms are commonly understood. While it could be reasonable to conclude that God supported Joan of Arc's opinions if He communicated with her and supported her, since she did not perform magic or prohibit magic, her views and actions would not seem to evince any Divine opinion on the subject.

Joan of arc's brothers' names were Pierre, Jacqumine and Jean

Joan of Arc was French. She was from France.

I do not think there were newspapers that could publish obituaries at the time Joan of Arc died.