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The Crime at Compiegne
Proving herself to be a good deal more than ordinary, Jeanne d'Arc,
the Maid of Orleans and patron saint of France, united her nation at a
critical hour in history and decisively turned the Hundred Years' War in
France's favor, forever ending England's dreams of hegemony over France.
The crimes an ....
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.... Dressed
in armor and carrying a white banner that represented God blessing the
French royal emblem, the fleur-de-lis, she led the French to a decisive
victory over the English at Orleans.
Having accomplished this miraculous feat she convinced Charles to
risk the journey to Rheims in order to hold coronation ceremonies in the
cathedral there, according to the custom of the kings of France before him.
Jeanne again triumphed. In the eyes of the people the cowardly and
lethargic Dauphin became the king of France and regained legitimacy and the
loyalty of Fren ....
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