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Execution of Joan of Arc by burning at Rouen
On May 30, 1431, the French national heroine Joan of Arc was burned at the stake for heresy by the English occupation authorities in the old market s…
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- 1431Rouen · NormandyIn English-occupied Rouen, an ecclesiastical court presided over by Pierre Cauchon found Joan guilty of heresy, witchcraft, and other charges and sentenced her to be burned. Joan had endured months of interrogation and vacillating recantations since her capture in May 1430.
- 1431Old market square, Rouen · RouenJoan was publicly executed, tied to a stake in the old market square of Rouen, at only about nineteen years of age. A large crowd of civilians and soldiers gathered, and she called out the name of Jesus at the end. Her ashes were thrown into the Seine to prevent her remains from becoming objects of veneration.
Sources
- Joan of Arc https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc
- Procès de condamnation de Jeanne d'Arc https://www.archives-nationales.culture.gouv.fr/