\paperw4260 \margr0\margl0 \plain \qj\li105\ri195 \f1 \b Joan of Arc\par
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\b0 In 1425, at the age of thirteen, this young shepherdess from DomrΘmy claimed to hear heavenly
voices that entrusted her with the mission of driving the English out of France. Four years later, spurred on by this faith, she gained the confidence of the Dauphin Charles, who had taken refuge in Chinon. At the head of an army, she liberated several c
ities and helped to bring about the coronation of Charles VII in Reims on July 17, 1429. The following year she was taken prisoner, tried, and sentenced to death in Rouen, where she was burned at the stake on May 30, 1431. Rehabilitated as early as 1456,
