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'Joan of Arc was naive, a holy fool – if she wasn’t in secret extremely shrewd and pragmatic. The saintly ‘voices’ she claimed to hear were schizophrenia – if they weren’t ergotism, or epilepsy, or purely a rhetorical device. She cross-dressed for practical reasons – if it wasn’t due to some religious idiosyncracy, or to protect herself from rape, or an issue of gender identity.' (Introduction)
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https://overland.org.au/2017/09/the-maid-of-orleans-sacred-and-profane/
The Maid of Orleans, Sacred and Profane
Overland [Online]
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