A Woman to Know: Jeanne de Clisson
Jeanne has the heart of a man and of a lion. — Jean Froissart
Jeanne has the heart of a man and of a lion. — Jean Froissart
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Following her husband’s grisly death in the midst of the Hundred Years War, Jeanne liquidated their joint estate. With the money, she purchased three ships and painted them black. The noblewoman-turned-privateer ordered red sails be flown, and she named the (literal) flags…
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