1429–1431Reputable sourceWell documented
Joan of Arc
On the timeline · around 1429–1431 ·
What happened
A teenage peasant girl who said she was guided by divine visions, Joan of Arc rallied French forces at the low point of the Hundred Years' War. In 1429 she helped lift the siege of Orléans and saw the dauphin crowned King Charles VII at Reims. Captured and handed to the English, she was tried and burned at the stake for heresy in 1431.
Why it matters
Joan turned the tide of the Hundred Years' War toward France and became a national heroine and Catholic saint, one of the most remarkable figures of the Middle Ages.
Sources
- World History Encyclopedia. Joan of Arc · Reputable source