Part 1 of Essay
“They addressed her as Jeanne la Pucelle, fille de Dieu – Joan the Maid, daughter of God” (Beevers 23). Who was this young girl, who at seventeen led the French army to a victorious battle at Orléans, ultimately causing the French to win the Hundred Years War? Why was she canonized and pronounced a saint after her death? H ....

Part 2 of Essay
.... to govern myself. The first time, I was terrified. The voice came to me about noon: it was summer, and I was in my father’s garden. I had not fasted the day before. I heard the voice on my right hand, towards the church. There was a great light all about. (Trask 5) Because of the fact that she heard these voices, Joan is sometimes regarded as insane. Her critics claim that she had hallucinations. However, this can be proven wrong. “If anyone has hallucinations, those hallucinations will not remain quiescent. They ....