Joan+of+Arc

<Joan of Arc birthplace Joan of Arc was born in 1412 in Domremy and was born a peasent girl. She learnd how to sew and weave but spent most of her time praying in church. She claimed to be sent by God to save France from English domination. When she was 13 she had her first heavenly vision. At first she heard voices but then it grew into a flame and then an angel. She became a military officer and later became a saint in the Catholic church. She had a banner (up above) that read, Jesus Maria. She was captured in battle while trying to take an English fort and taken prisoner of war. She tried to escape but was injured in the fall out of her tower. She was charged of witchcraft in an unfair trial and was sent to be excecuted. Her companions made no atempt to rescue her but helped her family in later times. Meanwhile, Joan was sent to be burnt at the stake and died at the age of 19 in 1431. http://school.eb.com/all/comptons/article-9275162?query=joan%20of%20arc&ct=null 