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◾Joan of Arc was born in January 1412 to a life of provincial simplicity.
◾The Voices in Joan’s Head “‘Be good,’ it had said, and ‘go to church often.’”
◾The first time Joan heard a voice from God was in the summer of 1425. Joan was in her father’s garden.
◾She realized that she was the chaste virgin of the marshes of Lorraine and it was her destiny to restore France to glory.
— Jun 04, 2021 03:34PM
◾The Voices in Joan’s Head “‘Be good,’ it had said, and ‘go to church often.’”
◾The first time Joan heard a voice from God was in the summer of 1425. Joan was in her father’s garden.
◾She realized that she was the chaste virgin of the marshes of Lorraine and it was her destiny to restore France to glory.
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◾The English knew that Joan had been pierced by an arrow in battle and took her speedy recovery as proof that she was a powerful witch.
◾Every action Joan took that convinced the French she was a virgin savior sent by God, in turn, convinced the English that she was a powerful witch sent by the devil.
— Jun 04, 2021 04:01PM
◾Every action Joan took that convinced the French she was a virgin savior sent by God, in turn, convinced the English that she was a powerful witch sent by the devil.
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◾“No evil is to be found in her, only goodness, humility, virginity, devotion, honesty, and simplicity.”—Findings of the first interrogation of Joan of Arc
◾At that time it was widely believed that virginity offered proof that a woman could not be a witch as a witch would have lost her virginity during the course of her pact with the devil. This belief left any unmarried woman vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft.
— Jun 04, 2021 03:39PM
◾At that time it was widely believed that virginity offered proof that a woman could not be a witch as a witch would have lost her virginity during the course of her pact with the devil. This belief left any unmarried woman vulnerable to accusations of witchcraft.
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◾Must go,” she said, “because it is my Lord’s will.”
◾Joan’s cutting of her hair was both a practical move and symbolic act. In medieval times, young unwed women never cut their hair and wore it loose and uncovered in public as a signal of their availability to potential husbands.
◾“No evil is to be found in her, only goodness, humility, virginity, devotion"
— Jun 04, 2021 03:38PM
◾Joan’s cutting of her hair was both a practical move and symbolic act. In medieval times, young unwed women never cut their hair and wore it loose and uncovered in public as a signal of their availability to potential husbands.
◾“No evil is to be found in her, only goodness, humility, virginity, devotion"
