A Heroine of France | Evelyn Everett-Green | Literature | Modern Fiction | eBooks
A Heroine of France
by Evelyn Everett-Green
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A Heroine of France Summary:
| "The age of Chivalry - alas! - is dead. The days of miracles are past and gone! What future is there for hapless France? She lies in the dust. How can she hope to rise?" Sir Guy de Laval looked full in our faces as he spoke these words, and what could one reply? Ah me! - those were sad and sorrowful days for France - and for those who thought upon the bygone glories of the past, when she was mistress of herself, held high her head, and was a power with hostile nations. What would the great Charlemagne say, could he see us now? What would even St. Louis of blessed memory feel, could he witness the changes wrought by only a century and a half? |
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Joan of Arc, also called the Maid of Orleans, a patron saint of France and a national heroine, led the resistance to the English invasion of France in the Hundred Years War. Joan of Arc was born in France near the border of Burgundy in January 1412. She began to hear voices telling her that she was called to save France. She persuaded a local baron to send her to the castle of Charles, where she spoke with the Dauphin, and convinced him that her message was genuine. Joan and an army marched to the scene and raised the siege. Her heroism elevated her to a legendary status in French history. |
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