The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . se ground. Joans home was in the far northeastern part of France, where she had been brought up in her fathers cottage, with her brothers and sisters. nil ^^^^ There she helped to herd the sheep, assisted her mother in household tasks, and learned to spin and sew. She never learned to read and write, for that was not thought necessary for peasant girls. Joan was a sweet, good girl, and was very religious. Even in her far-off village, the people suffered from the evils which the wars brought upon the ??^Ji„<..
The story of the middle ages; an elementary history for sixth and seventh grades . se ground. Joans home was in the far northeastern part of France, where she had been brought up in her fathers cottage, with her brothers and sisters. nil ^^^^ There she helped to herd the sheep, assisted her mother in household tasks, and learned to spin and sew. She never learned to read and write, for that was not thought necessary for peasant girls. Joan was a sweet, good girl, and was very religious. Even in her far-off village, the people suffered from the evils which the wars brought upon the ??^Ji„<.. land, and Joans heart was moved bv the voices. distress which she saw about her. Whenshe was thirteen years old, she began to hear voices JOAN OF ARC 241 of saints aud angels,—of Saint Catherine and SaintMargaret, and of the augel Gabriel. When she waseighteen her voices told her that she must go intoFrance, aid the Dauphin, and cause hini to he crownedKing at Rheinis, Avhere the kings of France had beencrowned before him. The cause of the Dauphin, at this time, was at its. JOAN or ARC USTKNING TO THE VOICES lowest ebb. The English were besieging the city ofOrleans, on the Loire river; and, if that j^^n le^as theshould be taken, all France would be lost. ^^«=^ ^?°°p^-So, the first work that Joan set herself to do was toraise the siege of Orleans. With much difficulty she succeeded in reaching tlieDauphin. When she was brought into the room where 343 ^SE STORY OF THE MIDDLE AGES he was, she picked him out from among all, thoughshe had never seen him before and though many of thecourtiers were more richly dressed than he. After manyweeks she succeeded in persuading his councillors thather voices were from God, and not from the evilone. Then, at last, she was given a suit of armor; andmounted on a white horse, with a sword at her side anda standard in her hand, she rode at the head of theDauphins troops to Orleans. When once Joan had reached that place, she soencouraged th
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