Joan of Arc

The English have rejected her threats three times. They didn’t fear her. They mocked her, called her cruel names and did not expect what was going to happen next. So Joan took off with her army to free Orleans. Then on May 8, 1429 the miracle happened. After six months of Orleans being under the English siege, Joan the Maid had freed Orleans in four days - four days - of fighting. This was the start of the hate that the English held for her and the love France put into her. Her fame began to…

The role of Joan’s faith gave the strength needed to get through the trials. There are times in the trial when Joan will speak with the church and let the church deal with her instead of Cauchon and his men. Joan even says “Let my answers be seen and examined by clergy and let me be told thereafter if there be in them anything against the Christian faith. . . . If there be anything bad against the Christian faith which God ordains, I would not maintain it and I should be right eager to come to…

life, but was then given the important mission to go to France, or where the monarch ruled. The voices of St. Catherine and St. Margaret soon followed, urgently telling her to do the mission. In 1428, three years after she started hearing the voices, Joan has chosen to do her mission and saved France from the turning iron grip of England, who has occupied most of the northern…

and Joan of Arc were going on thousands of years ago the public did not play as much of a role in trails. Yes, we see in Jesus 's case where Pilate supposedly let the pubic choose to free Jesus or the criminal Barabbas. All of three of these trials played a very important role in society and at that time and the whole surrounding world was watching by to see the verdicts. In the case of both the Jesus ' trial and Joan of Arc 's they were charged for going against the power. Both Jesus and Joan…

The Book of the City of Ladies Since the humans were created there have been gender roles applied to both sexes. Men have been portrayed as the more dominated sex. While on the other hand, women were seen as the weaker. Whatever a man could be portrayed to be a woman could not be. These ideas about gender lasted for many centuries. Even in modern times you can still see the separation between genders, even though some of the lines have been blurred. In The Book of the City of Ladies By…

true? Has God only spoken to men from the beginning of time till today? Are women only good for doing housework and taking care of the children? Is that all they were meant to do in their lifetime? The examples of Anne Hutchinson, Mother Teresa, Joan of Arc and woman from the scriptures prove the statement to be false.…

and in addition a sense of hope. In the Middle Ages peoples’ lives were dominated by the Catholic Church. Whether you were a peasant or a noble your life would revolve around religion. One way we can see this is through the life of Augustine, and Joan of Arc. Religion played a key part in each of their lives, and we can see how people viewed religion back then. Today, religion does not play as big of a part of people’s lives as it did in the past. Overall,…

It was the year of 1431. Joan was sentenced for heresy. “It had been difficult to know what to do with Joan once her miracles had begun to fade. If God had not withdrawn His favor from her completely - which was surely the message of her capture...It was a matter of regret…” (Castor 160) Is it really true? That after the miracle she had begun to see only what she wanted to see and lost track of the true point? Is it true that she was so consumed with trying to complete the missions that God…

According to Niccolo Machiavelli, The Prince, The first duty of a prince is to maintain power and acquire more. If the princes of Machiavelli’s time followed his advice and searched only for power, what does this mean for the people? The first priority of a prince or ruler should be to improve the kingdom and protect the citizens. Machiavelli stated that one’s duty, as a prince is to be as powerful as can be, however, as a ruler the first priority should be the people, and as a prince, to be…

Christine de Pisan was an important woman during the Middle Ages. She was a French scholar who was unlike other women. In that time, women had small roles in society and relied on their husbands or family members for everything they needed. However Christine was one of the few who made her own living and changed people 's opinions. She was the first feminist and supported equal education for everyone. Being born into nobility, she didn 't firsthand experience the troubles of lower class women,…