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Episode 525: Gilles de Rais Part I - Bluebeard

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Joan of Arc, the King's Secret Weapon

Joan of Arc had a special suit of white armor made for her riot to Orleans. She also carried a sword with five crosses engraved on the blade, which she'd found rusting in the back of a church after the voices told her where to find it. Marcus: Joan's contribution was that she changed how medieval armies behaved even if some of those rules were a result of her strict Christian morality.

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