Thank you for responding Yes the rv without comment after all the work made me feel quite unwelcome I m glad to see that this wasn t the intent Lets go into the issues one by one References Yes I actually planned to put some more in when I had the time I ll take care of that as soon as I m done posting here As to your comment about the clothing not being an issue until the trial was well underway this is not correct It occurred in the second public examination and remained a major issue throughout the trial That is in the transcript it is the third page of over twenty There was more stress on witchcraft earlier on but that line of persecution really went nowhere The wearing a dress during religious services issue while in captivity was not what I was referring to A major issue in her trial was the fact that she had attended services back in France dressed as a man i e under her own free will If you read over the transcripts she continually refers to the fact that she is content with her dress as a man and that it pleases God As for the camp followers vs prostitutes issue They really were prostitutes that she had a gripe with as far as I can find and was reported to have broken her sword on the concept of her striking one of her soldier s wives hard enough to break her sword is kind of unreasonable anyways don t you agree She had no gripe with women in general and regularly slept in the same bed as other women If you have a reference that states otherwise I would be interested in seing it Now for the tough issue how to branch It really appears that we have two parts the history and everything else The history takes up almost exactly half of the article Perhaps we should sum up the history and have the detailed history in a separate article I ll wait for your comment on the subject Thanks for your explanation of what was going on it makes me feel a lot better I ll go ahead and add in refs and let me know what you think of how to split