Joan of Arc was born in a small French village
during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had
been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visions
telling her to join forces with the King of France. By the time she was a
teenager, she was leading troops into battle in the name of her country. Though
she was captured and executed for her beliefs, Joan of Arc became a Catholic
saint and has since captured the world's imagination.
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