Dr. Warren Carroll says in one of his chapters, “The move of the Popes of Avignon in France, where they maintained their residence for the seventy-two years from the consecration of Clement V to the return of Gregory XI to Rome, was a grave error of judgement, though not the unmitigated evil excoriated by Petrarch in his furious passages calling Avignon a ‘hell upon earth” (Carroll, 355). When the Popes moved to Avignon a new whole chapter of Christendom was about to be created. And it was called The Hundred Years’ War. Throughout the Hundred Year’s War chaos was being made in Europe. The Pope left Rome and moved to Avignon, leaving the papacy severely compromised. And the invasion by the English to capture France caused a lot of turmoil, but …show more content…
Joan of Arc is considered as one of the greatest Saints of the Catholic Church. St. Joan was born at Domremy which is located in Champagne on January 6th, 1412, “St. Joan was born at Domremy in Champagne, probably on January 6th, 1412” (Hahn, 208). When she was at the age of 13 she began having visions from St. Michael the Archangel, St. Margaret, and St. Catherine of Alexandria, “At the age of 13, she began to hear voices and had a vision of light in which St. Michael the Archangel, St. Margaret, and St. Catherine of Alexandria appeared to her. These guiding councilors elected her a liberator of France and, in particular, the city of Orleans. St. Joan was instructed by the saints to inform Charles VII that she would make possible his coronation” (Hahn, 208). After having her visions, St. Joan of Arc went right to work, “With the crowning of King Charles VII, St. Joan’s principal aim was complete, and after a failed attack on Paris, she did not lead any assaults until the following year. During the winter, Charles and his advisors grew increasingly apathetic to her mission. The following May, St. Joan led a small army of five hundred soldiers against a far stronger force. During the attack she was captured by the English. St. Joan was burned at the stake on May 30th, 1431” (Hahn, 208). A lot of people give St. Joan of Arc a lot of fascination. Mainly because she was a girl. She was only thirteen years old when St. Michael the Archangel, St. Margaret, and St. Catherine of Alexandria appeared to her to make sure that Charles VII was crowned King. Also she was seventeen years old when she was leading the army to recapture the city of Orleans. St. Joan of Arc was brave and courageous, and most people are shocked that Joan of Arc was not a man, not an adult, but a girl. A young girl who fought in a war at the age of seventeen and was