Western Civilization I / Unit 12 WC1 1113 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Joan of Arc and 1453
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The idea
In fourteen twenty-nine Joan of Arc, a peasant with a vision, led the Dauphin Charles VII's armies in battle. Captured by the Burgundians, she was burned by the English in fourteen thirty-one for heresy. The English threat ended in fourteen fifty-three.
In practice
A martyr, later a national symbol.
Where people slip
The anchor says burned as a witch. The charge was heresy.
Your place on the trail
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