This week on Hashtag History, we will be discussing Joan of Arc. Joan of Arc is of course most well-known for leading the French army to victory during the Hundred Years War when she was only a teenager. She claimed that she had been sent visions by God and that she was fulfilling a prophecy by leading France to victory. She would later be captured, however, by the enemy that considered her a heretic and she would be burned at the stake for her alleged crimes. About twenty years after her death, she would be vindicated of these allegations and, in 1920, she would officially be declared a Saint by the Roman Catholic Church. She is now considered a patron saint of France.

So was Joan of Arc a heroine? Was she a heretic? Or was she just a really confused - but also, very passionate, and rather impressive - young woman?

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