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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

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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.

April                   Franquet d’Arras taken and executed
                                       at Lagny.
                                     Alleged miracle.
 1430.       April 16th, Easter day
             April Easter-tide       Melun—warning of capture.
             April 23rd, Sunday      Henry VI. lands at Calais.
             May 13th, Saturday      Jeanne at Compiègne (Archbishop of
                                       Rheims then in the city). During
                                       this month she visits Senlis,
                                       Soissons, and other towns.
             May                     Jeanne repulsed on the Oise whilst
                                       trying to relieve Choisy, then
                                       besieged by the Duke of Burgundy.
                                     Jeanne in Compiègne; prediction in
                                       the church of Saint Jacques.
             May 22nd, Monday.       Jeanne goes to Crespy for
                                       reinforcements.
             May 23rd, Tuesday       Jeanne’s return to Compiègne, and
                                       capture. Letter of Duke of
                                       Burgundy to the people of
                                       Saint-Quentin, announcing the
                                       capture.
             May 25th, Ascension Day News of capture reaches Paris.
             May                     Jeanne a prisoner for several days
                                       at Marigny.
             May                     In prison at Beaulieu.
 1430.       June 6th                At Noyon.
             July 14th, Friday       Cauchon’s mission to the Duke of
                                       Burgundy.
             July 29th, Saturday     Henry VI. arrives at Rouen.
             August                  In prison at Beaurevoir.
             October                 Leap from the Tower of Beaurevoir.
                                     Prophecy of the relief of Compiègne
                                       “before Martinmas.”
             October 25th            Relief of Compiègne.
             Nov. (about the middle) Jeanne sold by Jean de Luxembourg.
                                     Jeanne taken to Arras, then Crotoy.
             December (late)         Brought to Rouen.
 1430–1.     January 3rd, Wednesday  Order of surrender of Jeanne as
                                       “suspect of heresy,” from Henry
                                       VI. To the Judges.


                           I. CAUSE DE LAPSE.


                           _Trial Ex Officio._

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History

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.

April                   Franquet d’Arras taken and executed
                                       at Lagny.
                                     Alleged miracle.
 1430.       April 16th, Easter day
             April Easter-tide       Melun—warning of capture.
             April 23rd, Sunday      Henry VI. lands at Calais.
             May 13th, Saturday      Jeanne at Compiègne (Archbishop of
                                       Rheims then in the city). During
                                       this month she visits Senlis,
                                       Soissons, and other towns.
             May                     Jeanne repulsed on the Oise whilst
                                       trying to relieve Choisy, then
                                       besieged by the Duke of Burgundy.
                                     Jeanne in Compiègne; prediction in
                                       the church of Saint Jacques.
             May 22nd, Monday.       Jeanne goes to Crespy for
                                       reinforcements.
             May 23rd, Tuesday       Jeanne’s return to Compiègne, and
                                       capture. Letter of Duke of
                                       Burgundy to the people of
                                       Saint-Quentin, announcing the
                                       capture.
             May 25th, Ascension Day News of capture reaches Paris.
             May                     Jeanne a prisoner for several days
                                       at Marigny.
             May                     In prison at Beaulieu.
 1430.       June 6th                At Noyon.
             July 14th, Friday       Cauchon’s mission to the Duke of
                                       Burgundy.
             July 29th, Saturday     Henry VI. arrives at Rouen.
             August                  In prison at Beaurevoir.
             October                 Leap from the Tower of Beaurevoir.
                                     Prophecy of the relief of Compiègne
                                       “before Martinmas.”
             October 25th            Relief of Compiègne.
             Nov. (about the middle) Jeanne sold by Jean de Luxembourg.
                                     Jeanne taken to Arras, then Crotoy.
             December (late)         Brought to Rouen.
 1430–1.     January 3rd, Wednesday  Order of surrender of Jeanne as
                                       “suspect of heresy,” from Henry
                                       VI. To the Judges.


                           I. CAUSE DE LAPSE.


                           _Trial Ex Officio._

Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.

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

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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