Part one of term paper
is also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron of France and a national heroine. Joan led the resistance to the English invasion in the Hundred Years' War. She was born the third of five children to a farmer. Jacques Darc and his wife Isabelle de Vouthon in the town of Domermy on the border of provinces of Champagne and Lorraine. Her childhood ...

Part two of term paper
... mission to free her country from England and help the dauphine gain the French throne ( Schlesinger 21 ). Then the voices told her to cut her hair, dress in man's clothes and to pick up the arms. By 1429, the English, with the help of their Burgundian allies, occupied Paris and all of France north of the Loire. The resistance was minimial due to the lack of leadership and a sense of hopelessness. Henry the VI of England was claiming the French throne. At the battle of Orleans in May 1429 ...