Joan Of Arc Research Paper

\Joan’s rescue of Orléans sparked hope for the citizens of Orléans. The ruler, the Duke Charles of Orléans had been captured prisoner in England since the battle of Agincourt in 1415. His half-brother, John the Bastard of Orléans, was commanding in his absence, yet the city was slipping through his fingers. England was seizing control of Orléans, as it was a valuable city to France; Orléans was the bridge from the north and south France and helped with communication and keeping the country in line. No one trusted John the bastard. Almost all entrances and exits to the city have been closed off by the English, food was at a shortage and was sent in on horseback from neighboring cities to the only entrance at the east end of the city. This siege

She was born to Jacques of Arc and Isabelle Romee in the small peasant town of Domremy in 1412; she had three brothers, Jacquemin, Pierre, and Jean, and one sister named Catherine who died young, around 1428. Joan was always known as an extremely pious girl. Joan inherited her religious devotion from her mother. Her religious devotion marked her as somewhat strange as she was speculated to sometimes confuse more than once a day even though she lived a mostly sinful lifestyle. The town accepted her even though she was devoted to almost an extremity; priests in the town praised her and her childhood friends and the rest of the town looked up to her, even if they found it a bit strange. Joan's family, and most of Domremy, supported the Dauphin, who Joan would later be part of his army, yet Domremy was near a pro-English area, so the conflict between the two regions would often erupt in violence, and Joan witnessed this throughout her childhood. In the summer of 1425, the English burned down Joan’s hometown Domrey and drove all of the cattle away; this traumatizing event shook the whole town. Around this time, the Joan of Arc started hearing the infamous voices in her head. Joan claims it to be of an angel or a saint sent from heaven bearing messages straight from God; she was thirteen at the time of the first hearing. Joan

He had abandoned his wife for his mistress and ended up having five bastards with her. Joan nonetheless, told him to leave the mistress and then asked for escorts to Chinon; he gave her the escorts but did not listen to her advice and ended up dying two years later. This puts a haze on how people think of Joan of Arc; making her seem more like a prophet, messenger, and/or saint of God. Her mysterious rescues and somehow always seeming to give the right advice is extremely suspicious. These qualities made her seem as if she was truly sent from God himself in the form of a maiden. As for her expertise, she was one of the major roles in relieving Orléans from the cities siege. There was a feast held in her honor and people thought of her as angelic. The citizens of France all looked up to her as she spread hope by being a holy