18+: Joan of Arc was burned in 1431 at age 19 — not primaril…

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Did you know? Joan of Arc was burned in 1431 at age 19 — not primarily for heresy, but for "wearing men's clothes", which the church saw as sexual perversion. She had cut her hair short and fought in soldier's gear. In 1920 — almost 500 years later — the same church canonised her.

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Joan of Arc was burned in 1431 at age 19 — not primarily for heresy, but for "wearing men's clothes", which the church saw as sexual perversion. She had cut her hair short and fought in soldier's gear. In 1920 — almost 500 years later — the same church canonised her.

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