In our core class, we've studied many different topics about the middle ages. I have to say that out of all of them, the most interesting to me was learning about Joan of Arc. It was nice to study about her, because she was such a strong woman character, and she inspires all around the world. Another reason why Joan of Arc was so amazing was because she was a peasant girl, and she rallied the whole French troops in the army.
Joan of Arc was born in Domremy, France. When she was about thirteen, she heard voices in the church who talked to her. After a few years, the voices told Joan to go help the French troops and win the war. Joan followed the orders of her voices, and she asked King Charles. Before he met her, one of his right-hand men told him the in the prophecy, a maiden would save France from the English. Charles thought that was preposterous, and he wanted to test Joan by dressing in commoners' clothing to find out if she still knew who he was. When Joan came over there, the right-hand man told her that the king would be hidden somewhere in the crowd of people. Joan walked up to him, and bowed before Charles. Charles said that he wasn't king, but the man with the fancy clothes was the king. Joan knew Charles was the king, so Charles let Joan lead the army. Once Joan rallied the troops, they were fighting nicely. However, Joan was wounded. The army wouldn't fight without her.
Joan didn't let them, and she had them fight the English, and in the end, the French won. Everyone was happy, but the English had Joan burned to death, because they though
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