Answer:
Joan of Arc led the French to several military victories during the Hundred Years’ War.
Explanation:
Joan of Arc is the national saint of France. She was a peasant girl without education and could neither read nor write. At age twelve, she is said to have begun to hear heavenly voices, including from saints, who urged her to save the motherland.
The Hundred Years War was coming to an end and almost all of France was controlled by England. The English King Henry V settled in Paris and claimed the French throne. At that time, Joan was visiting the French king at his court in Bourges. It is not known what the two were talking about, but after the conversation Jeanne had been appointed commander of the French army. The English troops were driven away from, among others, Orleans and Patay, after which Charles VII could be crowned in Reims. Jeanne had achieved her goal and wanted to return to her hometown. The king, however, persuaded her to take command of a new army, which would liberate Paris.
In 1430, Jeanne was captured by the Burgundians when she tried to rescue the besieged city of Compiegne north of Paris with a small army. The Burgundians mistreated her and then sold her to the English, who, during an inquisition process, sentenced her to death.
