You Are There, The Execution of Joan Arc - A hero of the Hundred Years War, Joan of Arc remains a\nFrench national hero six centuries later. As a teenager she heard voices from\non high urging her to save France from English domination. Despite being a\nyoung woman, she was placed at the head of an army; she attacked the English\nand forced them to retreat from Orl\xc3\xc6ans. Later she was captured by the\nEnglish, tried for heresy, and burned at the stake.