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Joan of Arc: her story in eight dates
From Domrémy to Orléans, Reims and Rouen: the short life of Jeanne d'Arc during the Hundred Years' War, told as a French timeline.
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In short
Jeanne d'Arc (around 1412–1431) was a young peasant from Domrémy who, guided by voices she said came from God, helped lift the siege of Orléans in 1429 and led Charles VII to his coronation in Reims. Captured, she was tried and burned at Rouen in 1431, and made a saint in 1920.
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- vers 1412Naissance à Domrémy, en Lorraine.Born in Domrémy, Lorraine.
- 1425Elle dit entendre des voix.She says she hears voices.
- 1429Elle rencontre Charles VII à Chinon.She meets Charles VII at Chinon.
- 8 mai 1429Libération d'Orléans.The liberation of Orléans.
- 17 juillet 1429Sacre de Charles VII à Reims.Charles VII is crowned at Reims.
- 1430Elle est capturée à Compiègne.She is captured at Compiègne.
- 30 mai 1431Condamnée, elle meurt sur le bûcher à Rouen.Condemned, she is burned at the stake in Rouen.
- 1920Elle est canonisée.She is canonised.
Key words
| French | English |
|---|---|
| la guerre de Cent Ans | the Hundred Years' War |
| le siège | siege |
| le sacre | coronation |
| être capturé | to be captured |
| le bûcher | the stake |
| canoniser | to make a saint |
Jeanne is a national symbol claimed by very different political groups in France. She's called la Pucelle d'Orléans (the Maid of Orléans), and Orléans still celebrates its liberation every May with les Fêtes johanniques.
- Guide
C'est ici que Jeanne d'Arc a libéré la ville en 1429.
This is where Joan of Arc freed the city in 1429.
- Visiteur
Elle avait quel âge ?
How old was she?
- Guide
Environ dix-sept ans.
About seventeen.
- Jeanne d'Arc a été brûlée à Orléans.Jeanne d'Arc a été brûlée à Rouen.
Orléans is where she won; Rouen where she died.
- le sacre de Charles VII à Parisle sacre de Charles VII à Reims
French kings were crowned at Reims.