Joan of Arc Arrives at Orléans: Hope Returns to France
Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans at nightfall, greeted by crowds who saw in her the fulfillment of prophecies about an armored maiden who would save France. Her arrival electrified the demoralized garrison, and within nine days she would drive the English from their siege fortifications, reversing the course of the Hundred Years' War.
April 29, 1429
597 years ago
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