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Statue of Joan of Arc in Coburn Hall at UMASS LOWELL
1412-1431 France
Visions + voices from Archangel Michael saying to join King’s army + drive English out of France
God’s emissary
Met with King Charles 7th + convinced him to let her lead 5k men in battle
Led through faith + courage dressed in men’s clothes
Won English siege of Orleans 1429
Burned at stake for “witchcraft”
Fun Fact: Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union was founded in 1911 as a small cooperative credit society to encourage frugality and economic self-sufficiency among Lowell, Massachusetts’ tight-knit, Franco-American population.
References:1. http://www.maidofheaven.com/joanofarc_pictures2c2.asp2. Monasteryicons.com3. http://faculty.cua.edu/pennington/churchhistory220/LectureEight/Joa
n-of-Arc.htm4. http://www.womenofgrace.com/blog/?p=216245. http://www.glogster.com/nature4ever/joan-of-arc/g-6momkusl8tp3bm
8qi2qu4a06. http://www.maidofheaven.com/joanofarc_pictures15f.asp7. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cultural_depictions_of_Joan_of_Arc8. http://www.maidofheaven.com/joanofarc_cultural_depictions.asp9. http://www.historyworld.net/wrldhis/PlainTextHistories.asp?historyid
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10.http://www.weshareacommonthread.org/book/export/html/171
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