Jeanne d'Arc 1
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Joan of Arc (1863)
by Dante Gabriel Rossetti
1. Where was Jeanne d'Arc born?
a-
Domrémy in Touraine
b- Domrémy in
Lorraine
c- Domrémy
2. What year was she born?
a-
1412
b- 1492
c- 1214
3. She wanted to free France from the___?___
a- Spanish
b- Bourguignons
(Burgundians)
c- English
4. At 16 Jeanne goes to Vaucouleurs to help king____?
a-
Charles VII
b- Henry IV
c- Louis
5. After much hesitation, Robert Baudricourt takes her to see the king
in _____?____ (at the junction of the Vienne and the Loire rivers). She recognizes
the king, whom she has never seen before, in spite of his disguise.
a-
Chenonceau
b- Chinon
c- Chambord
St. Joan
by Annie Louisa Swynnerton
(British, 1844-1933)
6. Jeanne asked for a sword that her ____?____ had told her would be found behind the altar of the Chapelle de Ste-Catherine-de-Fierbois
a-
soldiers
b- priest
c- voices
Jehanne d'Arc et sa Garde Ecossaise
by John Duncan (British, 1866-1945) 1429 : The city was under siege for 7 months by the English. They surrounded it so that no supplies could enter. Jeanne d'Arc encourages the French army. l
7. Jeanne d'Arc, leaving Blois with a rescue army, raises the
siege of _______?____ on April 29th 1429.
a-
Orléans
b- Rouen
c- Reims
Joan of Arc (1885-1909)
by William Blake Richmond
In 1415 Jean sans Peur, duc de Bourgogne (Burgundy), signed with Henry V of England
the pact of Calais, by which he recognized the king of England and his descendants
as the successors to the throne of France. The 21 may 1420, the agreement is signed
which eliminates the dauphin (heir to the throne) Charles VII. France and England
were to be united under the English crown.
This was the situation of the dauphin Charles: officially banished, outcast by his own parents, pushed away from the throne. He took refuge beyond the Loire, and his supporters were getting fewer. A legend said that a "maid" would free Orléans, put him on the throne, and put an end to the "100 years war".
8. The Dauphin is crowned Charles VII on July 17 1429.
Normally all the kings of France were crowned in the Cathedral of
_____?____.
a-
Rouen
b- Reims
c- Paris
Statue de P. D'Epinay, sculptor
The "Hostages of the holy phial" are the four lords assigned to escort the
Holy Phial to the cathedral of Reims for the ceremony of the crowning of the king of
France.
For Charles VII, according to the usual ceremony, the lords came in on
horseback into the cathedral, surrounding the Abbot of Saint-Rémi, Jean Canard, who
carried the precious crystal bottle containing the Holy Chrism (oil), encrusted into a
gold shrine the shape of a dove which refers to the legend of the apparition
during the baptism of Clovis.
9. the "Holy Phial" or "Holy Chrism" is kept in the
______?____.
a-
Basilique du Sacré-Coeur in Paris
b- Abbaye de Saint-Denis in
Saint-Denis
c- Basilique de Saint-Rémi
in Reims
Before leaving for Orléans, Jeanne had two banners made by a painter from
Tours, Hauves Poulnoir. the "small banner" was accidentally burned when
Jeanne entered Orléans.
10. The "big banner" disappeared when Jeanne was captured by the Bourguignons in ____?____
a-
Orléans
b- Compiègne
c- Tours
