Joan Of Arc was born in 1412. Her real name was Jeanette D' Arc. She was born in the town of France. Her father's name was Jacques D' Arc and her mother's name was Isabelle. Joan had four brothers and she was the fourth born. Joan's childhood was the same as the other children in her village. Her family was poor, so Joan had to help around the house. She had to help in the field by watching the animals and plowing the field. Joan learned about everything from her mother, like how to sew linen cloths, to spin cloths, religion, and house keeping skills. From her father she learned to farm and to attend the animals. She liked to spend the days in the field alone. She and her friends liked to dance and sing around a popular tree and wove wreath for the Our Lady Statues.
             Little was known about Joan's education because back then woman and girls weren't allowed to attend school. She learned how to read and write by going to church, because back than the priest knew how to read and write. Joan had a good relationship with her parents. But Joan had a better relationship with her mother then any one. Her mother taught her everything she needed to know in life. Joan and her father didn't have a really good relationship. Joan was supposed to get married to a man from Toul with whom her father had set her up, but she didn't want to get married. So the suitor took her to the court of justice. The judge called off the wedding because Joan swore that she didn't promise the man that she would marry him. Joan's father was furious. He had a dream that one day Joan would go
             away with some men at arms. One day she over heard her father talking to her brothers and telling them that if he knew his dream was going to happen, he would send her brothers after her to drown her, and if they wouldn't do it, he would do it himself. Joan refused the marriage because she promised to keep her v...