Charles IX of France

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…

The Heroine of Medieval France How strong is your desire for wealth and power? If you ask the monarchs back in the medieval years, they would have probably told you “So strong it causes a war between nations”. History has proven their bid for power and wealth. In a specific case, the Hundred Years War was a battle of ownership for the French throne between the English and the French. But the more specific reasons were the ambition of French monarchy to expand their land, which contradicts…

Leading the people in Paris around 1830. During these time periods, the Romans were celebrating a victory in the Dacian Wars that was fought with their power. On the other hand, the french were amidst revolution against their power, King Charles X. King Charles X was a ruler who oppressed his people by publications restrictive ordinances that were contrary to prior law and who was not well respected by his citizens. On the opposite end of the spectrum, Trajan is considered to be one of the…

all. Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans," was born in 1412 in Domrémy, France (Joan of Arc Biography n.d.). She is considered a national heroine of France because at age 18 she led the French army to victory over the British at the Battle of Orléans. After being captured a year later, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake as a heretic by the English and their French collaborators on May 30, 1431 in Rouen, France (Joan of Arc Biography n.d.). At age 13 Joan of Arc started receiving visions…

her talk to Charles the VII. Joan of Arc had a private discussion with Charles the VII, nobody knows exactly what she said in that discussion but she said something to make him trust her. Following this discussion Joan of Arc was suited up with a full knight’s armor, including a sword that was found behind a church altar, exactly where she said it would be. Joan of Arc gained the support of the French and soon Orleans was free again. Charles was crowned in Reims (where all Kings of France were…

In George Bernard Shaw’s play, Saint Joan, the Inquisitor fiercely orates in an attempt to denounce Joan of Arc for her then crime against European society: heresy. The Inquisitor exploits his audience, the French Clerics, through a riveting pathos-oriented speech, to stimulate their deep religious attachment, with elements of ethos to make him appear authoritative, and a vast use of logical fallacies to warp the situation into his hands, like clay on a pottery wheel, Inquisitor ceramics. The…

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…

The novel begins by introducing the main character, Eunice Williams. She a is a young girl living in a puritan, English town, in Massachusetts. Based in the early 1700’s, there is a war between the English and the French, in which the Native Americans from the north are aiding the French. Eunice has three brothers, two older and one younger, and two older sisters. Her father is the reverend of the town, and her mother stays at home. The town fears that the Native Americans will come and raid the…

with the death of father, King Charles V in 1380, and ended with his own death in 1422 for a total of 42 years. (Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d) Due to the age of Charles VI being below the required age for independent rulership, his uncle, Philip the Bold was appointed regent, along with the “council of 12”. (Encyclopedia Britannica, n.d; Jervis, W., Hassall, A. and Haverfield, F, 1907) Philip was a poor regent, affected by avarice, and using his position and Charles for his own political agenda.…

The conflict between Catholicism and natural religion is evident within the main character, Antonio, who has been raised Catholic but is drawn to the natural elements. Antonio meets Ultima, the woman who delivered him, at age seven and finds that he identifies very strongly with her and with the natural religion she believes; “she took my hand and I felt the power of a whirlwind sweep around me. Her eyes swept the surrounding hills and through them I saw for the first time the wild beauty of…