Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in the Original Documents
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Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France: Being the Story of Her Life, Her Achievements, and Her Death, as Attested on Oath and Set Forth in the Original Documents
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Jean de Saint Avit, formerly Abbot of Saint-Denis, and, about 1390,
Bishop of Avranches. In 1432, he was imprisoned at Rouen, on suspicion
of complicity with the French, who wished to get possession of the
town.
Footnote 108:
“_Doyen de la Rote_”—Court of Appeals at Rome.
Footnote 109:
On the _Minute_ of Manchon, which was in the hands of the Judges of
the Rehabilitation in 1455.
Footnote 110:
This was the Examination called the _Acta Posterius_, which, though
included by Cauchon in the Process, is not signed by the Official
Registrars, Manchon, Boisguillaume, and Taquel.
Footnote 111:
Jeanne was burnt in the Market Place at Rouen, where an inscribed
stone marks the site. It is stated that the execution took place in
front of the Church of St. Sauveur, and facing the principal street
which leads to the Market Place, thus accommodating a larger number of
spectators than was possible in any other part of the Place.
There is still some dispute as to the actual spot; but as the Cemetery
was religious ground and the execution was, nominally at least, a
secular one, the ground chosen must have been on land belonging to the
municipality of Rouen. Probably this was in the Marché aux Veaux, as
we find an order for the burning of a heretic there in 1522, “_lieu
accoutumé faire telles exécutions_.”
Footnote 112:
Cognomen given to the Promoter, d’Estivet.
Footnote 113:
At the beginning of the Trial, Jeanne had asked for Counsel, and it
had been refused.
Footnote 114:
There were three keys to the prison, one being in the possession of
the Promoter, one of the Inquisitor, and one belonging to the
Cardinal.
Footnote 115:
May 28th.
Footnote 116:
To the Schismatic Council, then being held at Basle.
Footnote 117:
Articles for Examination of Witnesses in the Second Enquiry of 1452
were prepared under the direction of Cardinal d’Estouteville and
Brother Jean Bréhal, Inquisitor. The witnesses were examined on twelve
questions. Articles were also prepared under the direction of Philippe
de Rose, Delegate for Cardinal d’Estouteville, the witnesses being
examined on twenty-seven questions.
Footnote 118:
_Note by Quicherat_: This is an error of the witness. [The Promoter
was d’Estivet.]
Footnote 119:
Jeanne’s father went also to Rheims for the coronation. There still
exists in the old accounts of the town an item for his expenses at the
inn; and, in the Compte of the Treasurer Raguier there is also an
entry of 60 livres tournois, paid Jeanne to give to her father. On the
day after the coronation, Jeanne obtained from the King an exemption
from taxes for the village of Domremy and Greux: this document, dated
July 31st, 1429, still exists in the Archives of France. This
exemption from taxes has now lapsed.
Footnote 120:
Durand Laxart, her uncle.
Footnote 121:
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