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[[File:John Everett Millais - Joan of Arc.jpg|thumb|alt=Joan of Arc, kneeling, dressed in armor, holding a sword|''Joan of Arc'', by John Everett Millais (1865)]] | [[File:John Everett Millais - Joan of Arc.jpg|thumb|alt=Joan of Arc, kneeling, dressed in armor, holding a sword|''Joan of Arc'', by John Everett Millais (1865)]] | ||
(c. 1412–1431) Maid of Orléans | '''Joan of Arc''' (c. 1412–1431), the Maid of Orléans, was God’s [[messenger]] who delivered the directions of [[Archangel Michael]] to the French army and thereby saved France. | ||
Under the guidance of Archangel Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret—whom she called her “Voices”—Joan did what no man had been able to do. By her fervor, she galvanized her countrymen to fight for the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France) to regain the French throne. This was a decisive turning point in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. | Under the guidance of Archangel Michael, Saint Catherine and Saint Margaret—whom she called her “Voices”—Joan did what no man had been able to do. By her fervor, she galvanized her countrymen to fight for the dauphin (later King Charles VII of France) to regain the French throne. This was a decisive turning point in the Hundred Years War between Britain and France. | ||
Joan of Arc was an embodiment of [[Edna Ballard]], wife of Godfré Ray King, [[Guy Ballard]], and a | Joan of Arc was an embodiment of [[Edna Ballard]], wife of Godfré Ray King, [[Guy Ballard]], and a messenger with him. | ||
== Life == | == Life == | ||
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Joan of Arc was a peasant girl from Domremy, in Lorraine, at a time when parts of France were ruled by the English and their allies, the Burgundians. She was twelve when she first heard a voice speak to her. Eventually she knew the voice to be that of Saint Michael the Archangel and saw him accompanied by angels. She testified before the clerics who questioned her at her trial, “I have seen them with my corporeal eyes, as plainly as I see you.” | Joan of Arc was a peasant girl from Domremy, in Lorraine, at a time when parts of France were ruled by the English and their allies, the Burgundians. She was twelve when she first heard a voice speak to her. Eventually she knew the voice to be that of Saint Michael the Archangel and saw him accompanied by angels. She testified before the clerics who questioned her at her trial, “I have seen them with my corporeal eyes, as plainly as I see you.” | ||
[[File:Lenepveu, Jeanne d'Arc au | [[File:Lenepveu, Jeanne d'Arc au siege d'Orleans.jpg|thumb|upright|left|''Joan of Arc at the Siege of Orléans'', by Jules Eugène Lenepveu (1886–1890)]] | ||
Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Margaret also appeared and spoke to Joan. In the beginning her “Voices,” as she referred to them, told her to be a good child and go to church. When she was about sixteen they told her she had been chosen to aid the Dauphin, who had been prevented from assuming the French throne by the English in the Hundred Years War. After much heroic effort and at the insistence of her Voices, Joan succeeded in leading and winning battles against the English and in having the Dauphin crowned king of France. | Saint Catherine of Alexandria and Saint Margaret also appeared and spoke to Joan. In the beginning her “Voices,” as she referred to them, told her to be a good child and go to church. When she was about sixteen they told her she had been chosen to aid the Dauphin, who had been prevented from assuming the French throne by the English in the Hundred Years War. After much heroic effort and at the insistence of her Voices, Joan succeeded in leading and winning battles against the English and in having the Dauphin crowned king of France. | ||