Joan of Arc is a name that is known to almost all of us and her story ( or at least a version of it) has been told many times in books and movies. She was in fact a real person who lived and died in 15th century France. She was also a truly remarkable woman who burst on to the historical scene out of complete obscurity and changed the course of history in her brief lifetime. Learn the real story of her life and death by execution at the hands of the catholic church of which she was a devout follower.