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      • The Burgundians delivered her to the English in exchange for 10,000 francs. King Charles did not attempt to retrieve her.
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  2. The Trial of Joan of Arc was a 15th century legal proceeding against Joan of Arc, a French military leader under Charles VII during the Hundred Years' War. During the siege of Compiègne in 1430, she was captured by Burgundian forces and subsequently sold to their English allies.

    • Joan of Arc’s Early Life
    • The Siege of Orléans
    • Capture of Joan of Arc
    • How Did Joan of Arc Die?
    • St. Joan of Arc

    Born around 1412, Jeanne d’Arc (or in English, Joan of Arc) was the daughter of a tenant farmer, Jacques d’Arc, from the village of Domrémy, in northeastern France. She was not taught to read or write, but her pious mother, Isabelle Romée, instilled in her a deep love for the Catholic Church and its teachings. At the time, France had long been torn...

    In May 1428, Joan made her way to Vaucouleurs, a nearby stronghold of those loyal to Charles. Initially rejected by the local magistrate, Robert de Baudricourt, she persisted, attracting a small band of followers who believed her claims to be the virgin who (according to a popular prophecy) was destined to save France. When Baudricort relented, Joa...

    After such a miraculous victory, Joan’s reputation spread far and wide among French forces. She and her followers escorted Charles across enemy territory to Reims, taking towns that resisted by force and enabling his coronation as King Charles VII in July 1429. Joan argued that the French should press their advantage with an attempt to retake Paris...

    In the trial that followed, Joan was ordered to answer to some 70 charges against her, including witchcraft, heresy and dressing like a man. The Anglo-Burgundians were aiming to get rid of the young leader as well as discredit Charles, who owed his coronation to her. In attempting to distance himself from an accused heretic and witch, the French ki...

    Her fame only increased after her death, however, and 20 years later a new trial ordered by Charles VII cleared her name. Long before Pope Benedict XV canonized her in 1920, Joan of Arc had attained mythic stature, inspiring numerous works of art and literature over the centuries, including the classic silent film “The Passion of Joan of Arc.” In 1...

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  3. May 15, 2023 · Despite the vociferous protests of his other councillors, Charles gave Joan command of an army in March 1429, and dressed in white armour and on a white horse, she led them to relieve the city.

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  4. Apr 3, 2014 · At first, Charles was not certain what to make of this peasant girl who asked for an audience and professed she could save France. Joan, however, won him over when she correctly identified him,...

  5. 2 days ago · Charles and his party made no move through ecclesiastical channels to save Joan. They then proceeded deliberately to make peace with Burgundy.

  6. Oct 25, 2024 · Charles, who was working toward a truce with the duke of Burgundy, made no attempts to save her. John of Luxembourg sent Joan and Jean d’Aulon to his castle in Vermandois. When she tried to escape in order to return to Compiègne, he sent her to one of his more distant castles.

  7. Feb 23, 2023 · Charles VII (140361) was the French king who could have saved Joan of Arc from being burned at the stake but refused to do so.

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