Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc is captured and sold to the English

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In 1430, the new French King ordered Joan to Compiegne, where the English and their Burgundians allies were located.

On the morning of 23rd May, the defenders of Compiegne launched an assault against the Burgundians.

Burgundian troops soon surrounded the rearguard, and shouted at Joan of Arc to surrender, eager to capture such a famous figure. She refused.

Finally, a Burgundian crossbowman, maneuvered his horse behind her and grabbed the edge of her cloth-of-gold doublet, and threw her from her horse flat to the ground.

Joan was then taken captive by Burgundian soldiers.

The Burgundians exchanged Joan for ten thousand golden coins on the 14th of July 1430 .

She was abandoned by the new king and the French Court, she had served so well.

The English put Joan on trial on the charges of heresy and witchcraft.

These were all capital offense in the Middle Ages.

The clergy were also involved in her trial.

During the trial, the young peasant women amazed the court with her brilliant arguments and her knowledge of religion.

During her imprisonment she was tortured and threatened with rape.

On 28th May 1431, the tribunal announced that Joan of Arc was guilty of heresy.

The tribunal claimed that the visions and voices that she had heard were demonic and she was a witch.

On the morning of 30th May 1431, she was burned at the stake in Rouen at the age of 19.

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https://historycollection.com/day-history-st-joan-arc.../

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Joan of Arc~dated to the second half of the 15th century, Archives Nationales, Paris.