Joan of Arc or Jeanne d’Arc   1412—1431   Also called Maid of Orléans   National heroine of France and Catholic saint   Born in Lorraine in NE France during Hundred Years’ War between France and England   Northern France was occupied by England and Burgundian allies   French king Charles VI died 1422 treaty passed kingship to Henry VI of England, bypassing French heir the Dauphin Charles   Jeanne claimed to hear voices of saints telling her to free France and restore throne to Dauphin   Traveled to Chinon met Charles agreed to let her help Orléans a city under siege by English   Won victory at Orléans then at Patay and Troyes   Natural leader, earned respect and love of her soldiers   Charles crowned Charles VII 1429   Captured 1430 tried for heresy burned at stake by English   Retried at order of Pope Callixtus III sentence overturned 1456 declared a martyr   Beatified 1909 canonized saint 1920

MEMORY TRIGGERS   Maid of Orléans___________________   _________________________________   Lorraine__________________________   _________________________________   Hundred Years’ War________________   _________________________________   England__________________________   _________________________________   Burgundian_______________________   _________________________________   Dauphin Charles___________________   _________________________________   voices___________________________   _________________________________   Chinon___________________________   _________________________________   heresy___________________________   _________________________________   burned at stake____________________   _________________________________   saint_____________________________   _________________________________     Copyrighted 2005 by Carl Peterson