Joan of Arc

1412 - 1431 Middle Ages French

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Joan of Arc was a French peasant girl born in Domrémy who claimed to receive divine visions at age 16 instructing her to save France during the Hundred Years' War. She led the French army to several crucial victories, including the liberation of Orléans, and was instrumental in securing the coronation of Charles VII. Captured at Compiègne and tried for heresy, she was burned at the stake in Rouen in 1431 at age 19. Her conviction was later overturned, and she was canonized as a Catholic saint, becoming one of history's most enduring figures of faith, courage, and national heroism.

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