The Most Powerful Women in the Middle Ages: Queens, Saints, and Viking Slayers, From Empress Theodora to Elizabeth of Tudor by Rank Melissa & Rank Michael

The Most Powerful Women in the Middle Ages: Queens, Saints, and Viking Slayers, From Empress Theodora to Elizabeth of Tudor by Rank Melissa & Rank Michael

Author:Rank, Melissa & Rank, Michael [Rank, Melissa]
Language: eng
Format: azw
Publisher: Five Minute Books
Published: 2013-12-10T16:00:00+00:00


Chapter 7:

Joan of Arc (1412-1431): The Maiden of Orléans and History's Most Lethal 'Heretic'

“The character of Joan of Arc is unique. It can be measured by the standards of all times without misgiving or apprehension as to the result. Judged by any of them, judged by all of them, it is still flawless, it is still ideally perfect; it still occupies the loftiest place possible to human attainment, a loftier one than has been reached by any other mere mortal.” And so Mark Twain described the character of the legendary French commander in 1908 as the bravest soul in human history.



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