Joan of Arc by A Radakov 1911.jpg 2,427 × 1,728; 539 KB Joan of Arc conjures demons in Shakespeare's 'Henry VI'; but Wellcome V0025889EL.jpg 1,181 × 1,898; 1.57 MB Joan of Arc entering Orléans.jpg 2,040 × 3,032; 1.3 MB She is considered a heroine of France and a Roman Catholic saint. This fascinating plain, small line drawing shows her as a small determined woman carrying her army’s sacred banner in one hand and a sword in the other. During her youth, the countries old wounds were opened up again. She was captured, tried as a heretic … Joan of Arc (Jeanne D’Arc, c. 1412-1431 CE) was a medieval peasant who, claiming to receive visions from God, turned the tide of the Hundred Years’ War in favor of a French victory. Jeanne d'Arc or Joan of Arc (ca. Joan of Arc, driven by voices she said came from God, fought to drive the English out of France in the 1400s. Earliest known drawing of Joan of Arc, in the protocol of the parliament of Paris - Clement de Fauquembergue, 1429 [Tirages meilleure au sein de 32 x 45 cm] [Prints best within 32 x 45 cm / 12 x 17 inches] This contemporary drawing of Joan of Arc, in the Parisian parliament register, was made in reference to her victory at Orleans in 1429. The only known contemporary portrait of Jeanne d’Arc. France and England were battling off and on for the French throne. She was born to a peasant family at Domrémy in north-east France.

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The drawing was made in the margin of the Orleans city record manuscripts on the day she got the English armies away from the city and freed the countryside around Orleans May 10. Joan of Arc was a young girl with a fresh perspective on the Hundred Years' War. 1412 – 30 May 1431), was nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans). She found herself having visions of angels and saints advising her to be virtuous and go to church regularly.