Stripped naked to legally disown his dad
Francis of Assisi didn't just want to reject his wealthy father's inheritance; he wanted to make it as dramatically awkward as humanly possible. During a legal dispute over money in the town square, he stripped entirely naked, handed his clothes back to his furious father, and essentially walked out of the courtroom nude to start his new life. Checkmate, medieval lawyers.

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