Joan of Arc

Jeanne d’Arc was born in Domremy, France on January 6, 1412. During this time there was a war between the Armagnacs (the party of Charles VII, King of France) and the Burgundians who were in alliance with the English. She was the youngest of a family of five. Her father, Jacques d’Arc was a small peasant farmer. They were poor, but not needy. Joan never learned to read or write, but she was skilled in sewing and spinning. She was a religious child, who often knelt in church, absorbed in prayer, and loved the poor tenderly. When she was 13 years old, Joan first became aware of voices in her head. The voices started telling her that she was to help the future king to be crowned at Reims. But a...