Joan of Arc Imagine beimg on a battlefeild fighting for your country, and no one else looks and acts like you. Joan of Arc was born January 6, 1412 in Domremy France. Joan led the French army into victory, until her death in 1431. Joan of Arc was rewarded with the title of being a saint because of an extraordinary young life,successful fights, and a powerful ending to her life. Joan of Arc’s unique life started with and extraordinary childhood. Joan was just llike other girls, uneducated.One way Joan was like others is that Joan’s mother and father raised Joan on a farm and never educated her (Hillian 13). Joan being raised like an average person on a farm made it more impressive that she taught herself to fight. Joan teaching herself
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Joan’s process of death started with the English. The English captured Joan and made her sign a contract to worship saints and live in a cell the rest of her life(Hillian 14). Joan didn’t initially want to sign this contract. Joan wasn’t given another option of signing a contract or being killed, she begged but they gave no mercy. Joan’s life ended in a slow and painful process. The way the English killed Joan was that they burnt her at the stake(Bower 131). Joan stood at the stake proud and holding her rosary beads not letting the English know they got to her. She out up a fight and resisted her death, but knew she would rather die than spend the rest of her life in prison. Finally, Joan was rewarded for her faithful life towards the saints by becoming one. For a while, Joan was forgotten, but ninteentwenty Joan fit all the criteria and was rewarded with the title of becoming a saint(Macdonald 42). All of Joan’s fighting and faith were reasons why she was considered for a saint. Joan contributated to four mircales and showed proof of heroic virtue. The last contributing factor in Joan’s special life was her death and becoming a saint.
Joan of Arc helped to lead France to victory in the Hundred Years War and started women’s rights. Both of these large events shapes our society today and without women like Joan women wouldn’t have the same oppurtunity’s that we have today. Joan
Joan’s process of death started with the English. The English captured Joan and made her sign a contract to worship saints and live in a cell the rest of her life(Hillian 14). Joan didn’t initially want to sign this contract. Joan wasn’t given another option of signing a contract or being killed, she begged but they gave no mercy. Joan’s life ended in a slow and painful process. The way the English killed Joan was that they burnt her at the stake(Bower 131). Joan stood at the stake proud and holding her rosary beads not letting the English know they got to her. She out up a fight and resisted her death, but knew she would rather die than spend the rest of her life in prison. Finally, Joan was rewarded for her faithful life towards the saints by becoming one. For a while, Joan was forgotten, but ninteentwenty Joan fit all the criteria and was rewarded with the title of becoming a saint(Macdonald 42). All of Joan’s fighting and faith were reasons why she was considered for a saint. Joan contributated to four mircales and showed proof of heroic virtue. The last contributing factor in Joan’s special life was her death and becoming a saint.
Joan of Arc helped to lead France to victory in the Hundred Years War and started women’s rights. Both of these large events shapes our society today and without women like Joan women wouldn’t have the same oppurtunity’s that we have today. Joan