J'Accuse: A Medieval Crime and the Servant Girl Who Changed History

She was a servant with no voice. He was a predator with powerful friends. She refused to stay silent—and changed history.

Normandy, 1429. The Hundred Years’ War rages, Joan of Arc is about to go on trial, and the English occupy the land. In the midst of this chaos, a young, low-born servant named Jeanne Corvière attends a hiring fair, hoping for a fresh start. Instead, she meets a sergeant of the law who lures her away with a lie about a wife in labor.

What follows is a brutal assault in a ...