“One life is all we have and we live it as we believe we live it. But to sacrifice what you are and live without faith, this is a fate more terrible than death. The Roman Catholic saint Joan of Arc spoke these inspiring words more than five hundred years ago. She became such an inspiration that writers like Shakespeare and Mark Twain continued to tell her story in their plays and plays. Today Joan of Arc is well known in European history as a famous heroine. He fought and led troops, motivating them in the Hundred Years' War to prevent the English from invading. These same acts that made her a woman admired today for her courage and noble qualities are the same acts that brought her to trial and burned at the stake back then. Joan of Arc was born in northeastern France, around the year 1412, in a town known as Domremy. He came from a peasant family. Her father taught her to raise livestock, harvest crops, and go to church, where she spent much time praying to the saints. At the time, education was not a priority for his family, he never attended school or learned to write or read. Most of the attention during Joan's childhood went to England gaining control of southwestern France during the Hundred Years' War and France trying to overcome them to regain control. At the age of thirteen Joan claimed to have started hearing voices, later coming to the conclusion they were the holy voices of Saints Margaret, Catherine and Michael. The saints told her that Charles VII needed her help and the kingdom of France with great misery. In the autumn of 1428 Joanna formed an alienes with the captain of the royal garrison and he showed her the way to reach the king. By the year 1429 Joan had an encounter with the...... middle of paper......gerous French heroine, who practiced witchcraft but attempted to cover it up with the Catholic faith. The show ended with Joan claiming she was pregnant, hoping they would free her from the stake. However, she was put to death and died invoking demons to free her from the flames. Many of Shakespeare's plays promoted that identity by celebrating the superiority of the Middle Englishman over his European neighbors and often portrayed them as ridiculous or evil. Giovanna was not seen as ridiculous or evil, she was seen much more by others. Joan of Arc sacrificed her entire life for what she believed in; staying true to what he knew was the truth for her even if it meant death. In 1920 she became an official saint, and is now canonized alongside the same saints she claimed to have spoken to. Before this happened, his reputation had to undergo a rehabilitation process.