On this day in 1431, the French heroine Joan of Arc is burned at the stake for the crimes of heresy and cross-dressing. She is just 19 years old. A retrial held 25 years after her death will proclaim her innocent and a martyr. In 1920, the Vatican will canonize her. pic.twitter.com/iCvl3ikjnd
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