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Originally Posted by AlexanderHowl
I wonder what would have happened if the English had offered to marry their young King to Joan of Arc rather than executing her in 1431? While she might have said no, think of the trauma that would have occurred if the Maiden of Orleans had betrayed the French Crown to become the Queen of England? Of course, she would have dominated Henry VI, and England, without a doubt, but she would have probably conquered France for England, destroyed every other enemy of England, and prevented the extinction of the House of Lancaster.
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Are you aware that there is a traditional story that Joan of Arc showed up a decade or so later husband and child in tow? Everybody, excluding those who'd lose money by her being alive, recognised her as Joan, including the King, high churchmen, and close relatives. Look for Butler's
Myth of the Magus (I'll check that title and correct if need be). Butler's account is the most accessible and complete in English.