Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc was a French national heroine who became a saint of the Roman Catholic Church. She was a simple peasant girl who rescued France in one of the darkest periods of the Hundred Years War with England. Her first great triumph was to lead a French army against the English, who had been terrorizing the city of Orleans. She has often been called the Maid of Orleans in honor of that victory.
Jeanne d'Arc, as she was known in France, was born on January 6th, 1412 in the small French village of Donremy, near Nancy. She was the daughter of a successful farmer, Jacques dArc, and of his wife…