Joan of Arc, Patron Saint of France, was a 17-year-old peasant girl in 1429 when she defied gender stereotypes and led French troops into battle. Believing she was acting under divine guidance, her victory at the siege of Orléans secured the coronation of Charles VII and turned the tide of the Hundred Years’ War against the British and in favor of France. On May 30, 1431, at Rouen in English-controlled Normandy, she was burned at the stake for heresy. Read Who Cares? about the struggle for dignity at Woodruff Home for the Aged, “a lively place where old people go to die.” Learn more about the book and its characters, aged 9-90, in NOVELS.
Joan of Arc, a 17-year-old peasant girl, was a divinely inspired warrior
