This Day in History:, Joan of Arc Is Burned at <br />the Stake for Heresy.<br />May 30, 1431.<br />The gruesome execution was <br />carried out at Rouen in Normandy. <br />She was not yet 20 years old.<br />In three short years, <br />Joan of Arc had gone from being an <br />unknown peasant girl to the "Savior of France.".<br />At the age of 16, she began hearing <br />voices directing her to assist the heir to the <br />French throne to reclaim his crown from English rule.<br />Dressed in male armor, <br />she was granted audience to the Dauphin. <br />After weeks of theological questioning, Joan of Arc <br />was supplied with a small army to fight the English.<br />After months of stunning victories, Joan was captured by the English, tried as a heretic for surpassing church authority and sentenced to death.<br />Nearly 400 years later, <br />the Catholic Church recognized <br />Joan of Arc as a Christian saint in 1920
