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Joan was nineteen when she was captured by the Burgundians, turned over to the English, and tried and executed for heresy in 1431. The Hundred Years' War lasted another two decades, but some believe it was Joan's association with the king and her martyrdom at the hands of the enemy that united France and ultimately allowed it to repel the English once and for all.

 

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