You Are There, The Execution of Joan Arc - A hero of the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc remains a
French national hero six centuries later. As a teenager she heard voices from
on high urging her to save France from English domination. Despite being a
young woman, she was placed at the head of an army; she attacked the English
and forced them to retreat from OrlÃÆans. Later she was captured by the
English, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake.