Joan of Arc (1412-1432)
•She brought inspiration and a sense of
national identity
and self-confidence.
•With her aid, the king was crowned at
Reims [ending
the “disinheritance”].
•She was captured during an attack on
Paris and fell
into English hands.
–Because of her “unnatural dress” and claim to divine guidance, she was condemned and
burned as a
heretic in 1432.
–She instantly became a symbol of French resistance.
