page_title: Joan of Arc
hierarchical_section_title: Joan of Arc
context_page_description: Saint Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orléans is a national heroine of France. She is also a Catholic saint. She was a peasant girl born in the east of France. Joan said that she had visions from God. In these visions, she said, God told her to take back her home English rule late in the Hundred Years' War. Many quick victories made her famous. In 1430 soldiers of Burgundy captured her and gave her to her English enemies.
  Joan of Arc has remained an important figure in Western civilization. Famous writers like Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Mark Twain, and Voltaire wrote about her. She appears in video games, television, movies, songs, and dances.
context_section_description: Saint Joan of Arc or The Maid of Orléans (Jeanne d'Arc, c.1412 – 30 May 1431) is a national heroine of France. She is also a Catholic saint. She was a peasant girl born in the east of France. Joan said that she had visions from God. In these visions, she said, God told her to take back her home English rule late in the Hundred Years' War. Many quick victories made her famous. In 1430 soldiers of Burgundy captured her and gave her to her English enemies.
  Joan of Arc has remained an important figure in Western civilization. Famous writers like Shakespeare, Tchaikovsky, Mark Twain, and Voltaire wrote about her. She appears in video games, television, movies, songs, and dances.
caption: Miniature (15th century)[1]
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