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Joan of Arc

Gone Medieval

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Whether She Appeared at Orleans or Not, Is Almost Irrelevant

Joan of Arc appeared at orleans, the siege was lifted and that meant something. To her contemporaries, it wouldn't have mattered what she did so much as what the come was. In his doodle, she's carrying a standard but also holding a whopping great sword. There's clearly quite a lot of confu people think joan is the standard bearer. They're not quite sure how she's presenting herself in terms of her clothing. Maybe she's fighting, no one's really quite sure. But they know she matters and she's important, and it's a huge, huge boost to the french.

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