JOAN of ARC Can you imagine, as a teenager, confronting a royal leader, let alone leading soldiers into battle? What would the young people of today do when confronted with such unimaginable decisions? Joan of Arc was born on January 6 around the year 1412. Only a teenager, when she led French armies into battle during the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc (or Jeanne d'Arc), became a folk heroine of France and a Roman Catholic Saint. Born a peasant girl with little education, 'The Maid of Orleans', persuaded the King and army leaders that there was a way to beat the English army, all based on a...