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A teenage peasant who claimed to hear the voice of God — and changed the course of European history.
At just seventeen, Joan of Arc convinced the French prince to let her lead an army against the English, turning the tide of the Hundred Years’ War. But her victories came at a price: captured, accused of heresy, and burned alive at nineteen. Was she a divinely inspired saviour or a dangerous fanatic?
Centuries later, her story still provokes questions about faith, gender, and power — and how belief can turn an ordinary girl into a national saint.
GUESTS:
This is the first episode of God Forbid's Religious Rebels. A six-part special series exploring the lives of spiritual revolutionaries who defied empires, reshaped traditions — and sometimes paid with their lives.
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A teenage peasant who claimed to hear the voice of God — and changed the course of European history.
At just seventeen, Joan of Arc convinced the French prince to let her lead an army against the English, turning the tide of the Hundred Years’ War. But her victories came at a price: captured, accused of heresy, and burned alive at nineteen. Was she a divinely inspired saviour or a dangerous fanatic?
Centuries later, her story still provokes questions about faith, gender, and power — and how belief can turn an ordinary girl into a national saint.
GUESTS:
This is the first episode of God Forbid's Religious Rebels. A six-part special series exploring the lives of spiritual revolutionaries who defied empires, reshaped traditions — and sometimes paid with their lives.

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