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Joan of Arc is a national heroine of France. She was born to a poor family in eastern France during the Hundred Years War. This war was actually a series of wars between 1337 and 1453. During this violent period, English kings tried to control France. It was a dark and difficult time for the French people.

But when Joan of Arc was just seventeen years old, she led French soldiers to fight against the English. She inspired the French army, and people felt that she was sent from...