Joan of Arc Quotes


Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours. Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it.


Citations

d'Aulon, Jean. Testimony in the Trial of Nullification. The Retrial of Joan of Arc: The Evidence at the Trial for Her Rehabilitation 1450–1456, by Régine Pernoud, translated by J.M. Cohen, Harcourt, Brace and Company, 1955, p. 129.

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Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
  • Born: January 6, 1412
  • Died: May 30, 1431
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Saint

Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans" (French: La Pucelle d'Orléans) or "Maid of Lorraine" (French: La Pucelle de Lorraine), is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a saint. She was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée, a peasant family, at Domrémy in the Vosges of northeast France. Joan said that she received visions of the archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English domination late in the Hundred Years' War. The as-yet-unanointed King Charles VII sent Joan to the siege of Orléans as part of a relief army. She gained prominence after the siege was lifted only nine days later. Several additional swift victories led to Charles VII's consecration at Reims. This long-awaited event boosted French morale and paved the way for the final French victory at Castillon in 1453.