TIL After Joan of Arc was executed on charges of heresy, her mother spent 25 years clearing her name. She convinced the pope to reopen Joan's case and attended the retrial - in her 70s. (en.wikipedia.org)

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[-] MountingSuspicion@reddthat.com 2 points 1 day ago

That's fair. And tbh, she might have been cool with it, but I'm pretty sure lying has always been viewed as bad, so lying to a monarch who is "chosen by god" seems like a big no-no, even if for some reason they managed to not mentally classify it as "bearing false witness against a neighbor".

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago

Yes, I am mostly agreeing with you, I just don't know how much of it can be translated 1:1 to that environment.

People gave gifts to cherished figures all the time (like saints and the Church).

It seems she lied to the king & nothing bad happened (she later even got a knight hubby with a castle). And one of the brothers got an island.

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