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A 10 page research paper that offers an overview of the life of Joan of Arc, a simple sixteen-year-old peasant French peasant girl who could neither read nor write, but who managed to inspire and lead the French army to victory in a long protracted fifteenth century war with the English, continues to fascinate writers and audiences. This is principally due to the fact that Joan’s story contains so many incongruities and questions. Originally, she was condemned as a heretic, but was later canonized as a saint. Her exploits occurred during a time of extreme class and gender prejudice, but Joan was not only a peasant but also a woman. The very act of wearing men’s clothes was sufficient at that time to be used as a rationalization for heresy and this contributed to Joan’s sentence of death, even though she assumed this clothing in order to protect her modesty and chastity. This examination of Joan of Arc looks first at what is known in the historical record pertaining to her life and the influence that Joan’s legend has had various writers. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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army to victory in a long protracted fifteenth century war with the English, continues to fascinate writers and audiences. This is principally due to the fact that Joans story contains
so many incongruities and questions. Originally, she was condemned as a heretic, but was later canonized as a saint. Her exploits occurred during a time of extreme class and gender
prejudice, but Joan was not only a peasant but also a woman. The very act of wearing mens clothes was sufficient at that time to be used as a rationalization
for heresy and this contributed to Joans sentence of death, even though she assumed this clothing in order to protect her modesty and chastity. The following examination of Joan of
Arc looks first at what is known in the historical record pertaining to her life and the influence that Joans legend has had various writers. Joans story Childhood and
military campaign : Joan of Arc, who is also known by her name in French Jeanne dArc or by the connotation la Pucelle (the Maid), was born in Domremy in
Champagne, most probably on January 6, 1412 and died, burned at the stake at Rouen, May 31, 1431, at the age of nineteen (Thurston). The village of Joans birth, Domremy,
was located within the realm of the Duke of Burgundy, but while the Burgundians were in alliance with the English, Domremy had consistently loyal to the French heir to the
throne, Charles. Beginning in the summer of 1425, when Joan was roughly 13 and a half years of age, she first became conscious "voices" that offered "counsel" (Thurston). Joan identified
her voices as belonging to St. Michael, St. Margaret and St. Catherine, who were accompanied by other angels (Thurston). While Joan was reluctant to discuss her heavenly counselors, even to
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