Joan of Arc
Frontiers in History
Trial In Session...
February 21,1432 she entered the royal chapel, only at the age of 19 for a trial. The trial lasted from February 21-March 23. She stood for herself, she did not have a lawyer. Even though her mother could not be part of the trial, she fought her own battle working hard to clear Joans name by talking about Joans childhood that she was a sweet true Catholic, hoping they would see the true Joan her mother knew
“Be sent to the King to be delivered to the Church, that she may be tried, as being suspected of and slandered with having committed many crimes, such as sorceries, idolatries, calling-up of evil spirits and many other instances touching and opposed to our faith. And although she ought not to be considered as a prisoner of war (as it appears from what is said), nevertheless to reward those who captured and held her, the King is bountifully pleased to grant them up to the sum of 6,000 francs, and to the said bastard, who captured her, will grant and assign a pension for the upkeep of his estate of 200 or 300 pounds.”
Letters to the King, 1429-1430, Jeanne d'Arc la Pucelle
The judgement of Joan of Arc,1867,Jeanne d'Arc la Pucelle
Suspected of...
"It has pleased divine Providence that a woman of the name of Jeanne, commonly called The Maid, should be taken and apprehended by famous warriors within the boundaries and limits of our diocese and jurisdiction. The reputation of this woman had already gone forth into many parts: how, wholly forgetful of womanly honesty, and having thrown off the bonds of shame, careless of all the modesty of womankind, she wore with an astonishing and monstrous brazenness, immodest garments belonging to the male sex; how moreover, her presumptuousness had grown until she was not afraid to"
She has been found guilty of heresy ,blasphemy, and witchcraft. Joan couldn’t take the pressure anymore and signed a paper promising she would not wear soldiers' clothing, not to fight, and abandon the claim that she had heard voices. With the signed document, she would still be in prison for a long time and they made her shave her head as punishment as well.
Then she was shown all the tools she would be tortured with and found guilty… On May 24, 1431 she was led to a cemetery to show where she would be buried.
November 9, 1429
March 16, 1430
March 28, 1430
Letters to the King, 1429-1430, Jeanne d'Arc la Pucelle
On May 28, she reported she wanted to be herself, she wore men's clothes and spoke about the voices. Finally on May 30 1431 she was tied to a wooden stake and the bonfires below her were lit. Her last words were “ Jesus Jesus” Her ashes were thrown into the Seine river.
Joan's Execution,1486