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[[Image:405px-Joan parliament of paris.jpg|right|150px|Joan of Arc in the protocol of the Parliament of Paris, sketch by Clément de Fauquembergue, 1429]]
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'''[[Joan of Arc]]''' (ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431) was a [[France|French]] peasant girl who, while still a teenager, and in obedience to what she asserted to be a command from [[God]], led her nation's armies to several spectacular military victories which turned the tide in the [[Hundred Years' War]] at a time when the French cause was tottering on the brink of collapse. Soon thereafter, she was captured and tried by an English-backed Church court which convicted her of [[heresy]] and had her burnt at the stake.  <font size=1>[[Joan of Arc|['''more...''']]]</font>
'''[[Joan of Arc]]''' (ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431) was a [[France|French]] peasant girl who, while still a teenager, and in obedience to what she asserted to be a command from [[God]], led her nation's armies to several spectacular military victories which turned the tide in the [[Hundred Years' War]] at a time when the French cause was tottering on the brink of collapse. Soon thereafter, she was captured and tried by an English-backed Church court which convicted her of [[heresy]] and had her burnt at the stake.  <font size=1>[[Joan of Arc|['''more...''']]]</font>



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Joan of Arc (ca. 1412 – 30 May 1431) was a French peasant girl who, while still a teenager, and in obedience to what she asserted to be a command from God, led her nation's armies to several spectacular military victories which turned the tide in the Hundred Years' War at a time when the French cause was tottering on the brink of collapse. Soon thereafter, she was captured and tried by an English-backed Church court which convicted her of heresy and had her burnt at the stake. [more...]

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Bananas are the fruit of a wide range of species in the Musa taxonomic genus.[1] Originally from Malaysia [1] in Southeast Asia and Australia, they have become so intrinsic to the diets of Africans and South Americans that many people from those continents (and many elsewhere) mistakenly believe them to be native. The overwhelming majority of bananas are shades of yellow when ripe, but there are also red, pink and purple species.[more...]

  1. The naming of species in the genus Musa, family Musaceae, is a complex business. See more, including the taxonomic history, at Musa.