War. Joan, seventeen year old peasant women, appeared at the court of Charles VII, the uncrowned ruler of France. Charles was going to test Joan to see if she knew who the true king was, and she did. Joan told Charles that she had been directed by God to save France. Anxious, Charles certified her to lead an army against the English. To Charles amazement, Joan inspired the battered and despairing French troops to fight anew. Assembling the French troops, she flocked the English out of fortification…
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