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The only contemporary depiction of Joan of Arc, a doodle by Clement de Fauquembergue in the register of the Parlement of Paris, 10 May 1429
The only contemporary depiction of Joan of Arc, a doodle by Clement de Fauquembergue in the register of the Parlement of Paris, 10 May 1429Public domain · source

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc was a teenage peasant who said she heard voices from God. Somehow, within a few years, she was helping lead France to war.

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  1. Joan of Arc was a teenage peasant who said she heard voices from God.
  2. SHE SAID SAINTS SPOKE TO HER
  3. SOMEHOW SHE GOT THE FUTURE KING TO LISTEN
  4. AND THEN THEY STARTED WINNING
  5. THEN SHE WAS CAPTURED
  6. THEY BURNED HER ALIVE
  7. THEN THE CHURCH REVERSED THE VERDICT
  8. WHY EVERY SIDE CLAIMS HER

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