Mr. Donahue,
Amongst the many remarkable figures in history, Joan of Arc is one of the most incredible. A simple maid, born in the farmlands of France during the Hundred Years war. Who was called, by God, to bring peace and unity her broken nation at a very young age. Joan then endured persecution and imprisonment from the enemy, always acting on God’s will and not her own. As Joan herself put it, “What I do, I do by commandment.” A very pious girl, Joan started hearing the voices of Saints and even God when she was about 13. “I heard a voice from Our Lord,” Joan said. “Teaching me how to behave.” Joan listened and soon learned that she was to drive the English out of France, see the Dauphin (king to be) crowned in Reims, the crowning place …show more content…
Though, when Joan was sixteen, and she journeyed in the cover of night to Vaucouleurs, a nearby village to petition Robert de Baudricourt, a commanding officer, for permission to visit the Dauphin in Chinon, he was not enthusiastic about the peasant girl rumored to be the one to save the country. She was not deterred. Returning to ask him again the following January and even gaining support from some of his men, one of whom being Jean de Metz, Joan’s escort to Chinon and a companion on her journey. Needless to say, Joan received the required permissions and made the journey to Chinon, disguised as a man, where after visiting she soon began her campaigns. On May fourth, Joan and her men took the fortress of Saint Loup. The very next day, they took the fortress at Saint Jean le Blanc, just outside of the major city of Orlean, which the English held. After failing to successfully make one offensive assault in five months, the military leaders of Orlean were astounded at Joan’s skill and bravery. Then on May seventh, only three days after she’d arrived, Joan and her men raised the siege at Orlean and took back the
Amongst the many remarkable figures in history, Joan of Arc is one of the most incredible. A simple maid, born in the farmlands of France during the Hundred Years war. Who was called, by God, to bring peace and unity her broken nation at a very young age. Joan then endured persecution and imprisonment from the enemy, always acting on God’s will and not her own. As Joan herself put it, “What I do, I do by commandment.” A very pious girl, Joan started hearing the voices of Saints and even God when she was about 13. “I heard a voice from Our Lord,” Joan said. “Teaching me how to behave.” Joan listened and soon learned that she was to drive the English out of France, see the Dauphin (king to be) crowned in Reims, the crowning place …show more content…
Though, when Joan was sixteen, and she journeyed in the cover of night to Vaucouleurs, a nearby village to petition Robert de Baudricourt, a commanding officer, for permission to visit the Dauphin in Chinon, he was not enthusiastic about the peasant girl rumored to be the one to save the country. She was not deterred. Returning to ask him again the following January and even gaining support from some of his men, one of whom being Jean de Metz, Joan’s escort to Chinon and a companion on her journey. Needless to say, Joan received the required permissions and made the journey to Chinon, disguised as a man, where after visiting she soon began her campaigns. On May fourth, Joan and her men took the fortress of Saint Loup. The very next day, they took the fortress at Saint Jean le Blanc, just outside of the major city of Orlean, which the English held. After failing to successfully make one offensive assault in five months, the military leaders of Orlean were astounded at Joan’s skill and bravery. Then on May seventh, only three days after she’d arrived, Joan and her men raised the siege at Orlean and took back the