Joan of Arc
b. c. 1412 d. 1431
National heroine of France. Led the French to victory over the English at Orléans, 1429. Captured by the English, 1430; burned as a heretic, 1431.
Source
EB.
Bibliography
EB: The Encyclopædia Britannica. A dictionary of arts, sciences, literature and general information. 11th edition. 29 vols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1910–11.
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