Divine voices guided a young girl to lead the French ... of Joan of Arc, and recorded his observations of her death: “She was led to the Old Market... with an escort of eight hundred soldiers ...

The supporters of Charles of Valois, the son and Dauphin (heir) of Charles VI, saw an opportunity to place the throne back into French hands. It was at this point in history that Joan of Arc entered ...

Joan came from the village of Domrémy in the Lorraine area of northeastern France (now Domrémy-la-Pucelle in her honour). Jacques d’Arc, her father, was a farmer of modest ... a knight and brushing ...

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