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Originally posted by Bronson
I fiished reading about Joan of Arc and I found it facinating.
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I find the story of Joan really fascinating as well. I haven't got the chance to read a whole biography of hers, but I've seen alot of documentaries about her life, her bizarre gift and the role she played in history. One thing I didn't know before was that she was the first one who defined the nations of "France" and "England". Before her, France and England were rather considered in terms of lands, not nations, and were rather unclearly defined, mostly in the south of England/north of France. Joan was the first one who brought up this idea of France and England as nations and the idea of patriotism.