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Martyr for the Nation: Joan of Arc’s Enduring Legacy

The wind carried the scent of burning wood and the murmurs of a restless crowd through the medieval streets of Rouen on May 30, 1431. In the town square, a nineteen-year-old girl stood shackled to a wooden stake, her clothes charred from the flames that licked hungrily at her body. Around her, clergy read prayers …

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