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OLLI: Women of Fire and Spirit
Week Five: Joan of Arc




Recommended Readings
Saint Joan, George Bernard Shaw
Joan of Arc: In Her Own Words, compiled/translated by Willard Trask (Books & Co)
Joan of Arc: Image of Female Heroism, Marina Warner
Joan of Arc by Herself and Her Witnesses, edited by Regine Pernoud
Online account of Joan’s Trial: http://www.stjoan-center.com/Trials/

Timeline of Joan of Arc’s Life
1412: ·Joan of Arc born and baptized in Domremy 

1415: Decisive French defeat at Azgncourt under Henry V

1425: ·Joan begins to hear voices 

1428: ·Joan travels to Vaucouleurs  and asks to join the Dauphin

1429: ·Joan journeys again to Vaucouleurs to ask to join the Dauphin's forces; this time she is accepted. 

February 13, 1429: ·Joan leaves Vaucouleurs dressed in men's clothing and heads to Chinon, where the Dauphin is staying. Once there, she asks to help France fight the English and the Burgundians; Charles orders her interrogation

April 1429: ·The Dauphin gives Joan command of a small army. 

April 27, 1429: ·Joan and her troops set out from Blois to Orleans 

May 4, 1429: ·Af inspired Joan leads an attack on the English. 

May 7, 1429: · A wounded Joan leads a battle at Les Tourelles. 

May 9, 1429: ·Joan travels to Tours, telling the Dauphin to go to Reims

July 17, 1429: ·The Dauphin is crowned King of France 

August 2, 1429: ·Charles takes up residence in the Loire 

August 14, 1429: ·French and English forces skirmish at Senlis 

September 8, 1429: ·Assault on Paris begins 

December 1429: ·Charles raises Joan and her family to status of nobility

May 1430: ·Joan is captured 

January 13, 1431: ·Joan's trial begins 

May 24, 1431: ·Upon the reading of her sentence, Joan, frightened, signs a last- minute abjuration 

May 29, 1431: ·After rescinding, Joan is transferred to secular authority. 

May 30, 1431: ·Joan is burned at the stake 

1450: ·Charles VII orders an investigation into Joan of Arc's trial 

May 16, 1920: · Joan of Arc is canonized by Pope Benedict XV

Contact Kayleen Asbo: mythicamuse@gmail.com
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