Downfall of Joan of Arc
The downfall of Joan if arc
After the battle at Orleans
Where Joan dressed in white armour
riding a white horse, took the town.
Making the Anglo-Burgundians
flee across the Loire River.
Joan's reputation gained ground
She and her followers escorted Charles
to Reims enabling Charles to be crowned
Charles VII in July 1429. As she had promised.
Later she tried to take back Paris only to find
that the Anglo-Burgundians were able
to fortify and defend their positions in Paris.
Come spring 1430 the king ordered Joan
again, to confront a Burgundian assault
on Compiegne, in doing so, she was upseated
and thrown to the ground, left outside the city
when the gates were closed.
Burgundians took her hostage with much fanfare
Her trial held in1430 where
she had seventy charges brought against her
Including witchcraft.heresy and dressing as a man.
The king hearing of her capture, distanced himself
After a year in prison, under threat of death,
Joan signed a confession
denying she had ever had Divine guidance.
Again breaking all rules she dressed as a man.,
Her death sentence was pronounced,
was burned at the stake
At the age of 19 in May 1431.
Her fame increased after her death
Twenty years later her name was cleared
By Charles VII.
Come 1920 she was canonised by Pope Benedict XV
She became the Patron Saint of France.
Penned 26/08/2015
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