Part one of term paper
Proving herself to be a good deal more than ordinary, Jeanne d'Arc, the Maid of Orleans and patron saint of France, united her nation at a critical hour in history and decisively turned the Hundred Years' War in France's favor, forever ending England's dreams of hegemony over France. The crimes and eventual triumph of this most amazing young ...

Part two of term paper
... and like being obedient," the "extraordinary" few "all transgress the law… for the sake of an idea." It is this idea or "new word" that calls the "extraordinary" man to "allow his conscious to…step over certain obstacles" in order to fulfill this idea. Jeanne's "new word" was that of the call of Heaven. At only 13, Jeanne began hearing voices that were sometimes accompanied by visions. She was convinced that these voices were those of St. Michael and the early martyrs St. Catherine o ...