Joan of Arc and the Battle of Orleans: The Turning Point of the Hundred Years' War
The year was 1429, and the Kingdom of France was on the brink of collapse. Think about it: english forces had occupied the north, and the French crown was disputed by a rival claimant backed by Burgundian allies. In the midst of this darkness, a teenage peasant girl claimed divine guidance to lift the siege of a strategic city Small thing, real impact..