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Who is Joan of Arc?

Saint Joan of Arc is revered by the French as one of the greatest heroines. She was born on January 6, 1412 and was burned at the stake on May 30, 1431. She was only 19 years old. When Joan was young, much of France was ruled by the Burgundians, a powerful group of nobles who allied with the English to take over.

When Jeanne was about thirteen years old, she began to hear voices, which, as she said, were the voices of Saints Catherine, Margaret and Michael the Archangel. She claimed that the voices told her that she should bring peace to France with the help of the Dauphin Charles, who was heir to the throne. Joan convinced Charles that she would lead his troops to victory. She inspired the French warriors, they defeated the British, and the Dauphin was crowned, becoming Charles VII.

Later, the king did not give her the necessary support in her desire to continue the fight, and the French army began to suffer defeats, and Jeanne was taken prisoner by the Burgundians. She was accused of witchcraft. Its judges were French priests who supported the Burgundians and the British. At the trial, Jeanne behaved very boldly, but she was found guilty and sentenced to death.

In 1455, a new court decided that she had been unjustly executed. The Catholic Church in 1920 declared Jeanne a saint and celebrates the anniversary of her death on May 30. The story of Joan of Arc is one of the most inspiring and many books and ballads have been written about her.

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Imagine that you live hundreds of years ago and have never seen a single horse. Suddenly you catch your eye on a rider, as if rooted to his steed, who easily jumps over ditches and hedges or gallops across the plain. It is quite possible that it occurred to you that a man and a horse are a single creature! So did some Indians when they first saw the Spanish riders.

In ancient times, in the mountains of Thessaly in Greece, there lived people who hunted on horseback with wild bulls. They were such excellent riders that the inhabitants of the surrounding regions began to sincerely believe that their neighbors were strange creatures, half-humans, half-horses. Hence the myth of the centaurs. Centaurs in Greek mythology were just such "man-horses" who lived in the mountains of Thessaly and Arcadia. They led a free and wild life, so the great ancient Greek poet Homer called them "wild beasts". Amazing, exciting adventures have always happened to the characters of Greek myths, and centaurs in this sense were no exception.

One of the stories tells about King Pirithoy. The king was celebrating his wedding with a girl named Deidamia. In the middle of the feast, the drunken centaur Eurytion tried to kidnap the bride. As a result, a battle began between the soldiers of the king and the Icentaurs, in which the latter were defeated.

It should be noted that in Greek myths, centaurs most often behaved in this way. In later times, statues and paintings depicted centaurs harnessed to the chariot of Dionysus - the god of wine - or carrying Eros - the god of love.

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