Joan_of_Arc

Joan of Arc Joan of Arc At a young age she began to hear “voices”—those of St. Michael, St. Catherine, and St. Margaret. When she was about 16, the voices exhorted her to bear aid to the king to be. Joan won the aid of Robert de Baudricourt, captain of the king forces in Vaucouleurs in obtaining an interview with the dauphin. She made the journey in male attire with six companions. When she met the king to be she conquered his skepticism as to her divine mission. Theologians at Poitiers examined her, and afterward Charles furnished her with troops. Her leadership provided spirit more than military help. In May 1429, she succeeded in raising the siege of Orleans, and in June she took other English posts on to other places and defeated the English at Patay. After a lot of persuasion the dauphin agreed to be crowned at Reims. Joan stood near him at his coronation. In September 1429 Joan unsuccessfully overtook paris. The following spring she went to let Compiegne go, but she was captured by the joan, arc, english, trial, st, made, king, court, charles, vii, turned, took, rouen, over, imprisonment, heresy, dauphin, aid, afterward, 1429, young, won, witchcraft, voices—those, voices, vaucouleurs, unsuccessfully, troops, tried, trial , throughout, theologians, succeeded, stood, stake, spring, spirit