Joan of Arc

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Representation of Joan of Arc from the second half of the 15th century.
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Signature of Joan of Arc: "Jehanne"

Joan of Arc (14121431). Mystic, military leader, martyr, saint and heroine of France, executed by a tribunal of pro-English clergy on 30 May 1431, cleared of the charges during an appellate trial of the Inquisition on 7 July 1456, canonized 16 May 1920.

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  • Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there. ~ (15 March 1431; from the trial records)

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  • Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
  • I am not afraid… I was born to do this.

Others about Joan of Arc

  • Joan was a being so uplifted from the ordinary run of mankind that she finds no equal in a thousand years. ~ Sir Winston Churchill, in The Birth of Britain
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