What was the result of Joan of Arc's trial?

Answer 1

The technical reason for Joan of Arc's death sentence was that she was a relapsed heretic. The evidence the corrupt clergy gave for her being a relapsed heretic was that she had resumed wearing male clothes. The truth was that she was forced to resume dressing in male clothes to try to protect herself from rape so the verdict was a complete sham.

Answer 2

Here are some sentences for Saint Joan of arc (Sainte Jeanne d'Arc in French:

1. Joan of Arc is the patron saint of France, soldiers, martyrs, people ridiculed for their piety, WAC (Women's Army Corps), captives, militants, prisoners, WAVES (Women Appointed for Voluntary Emergency Service), Girl Scouts, and Girl Guides.

2. Joan of Arc was known to wear vivid (bright) clothing.

3. There are a lot of books, plays, and films about Joan of Arc's life.

4. Joan of Arc is known to be kind, caring, loving, honest, courageous, brave, daring, helpful, polite, respectful, understanding, holy (Godly; right before God), very strong, pious, faithful, loyal, beautiful, hero, very smart and intelligent in war (she actually is a military genius), and smart and inteligent.

5. Joan of Arc's real name is unkown because her name isn't Joan of Arc (Jehanne d'Arc in Ancient French and Jeanne d'Arc in Modern French) (In Medieval Times "of" meant you came from that place, so Joan of Arc would mean that she came from Arc, France. Both of her parents came from two different places in France, but she was born in Domrèmy, France (now Domrèmy-la-Pucelle named in her honor). The name Jehanne translates to Jeanne. Jeanne translates to Joan. Jane is the Medieval English form of Jehanne. People like Joan in her time didn't tell what her real maiden name was. Her last name is either be Tart, Tarc, Dacry, or Darc.

6. No one really knows what Joan really looked like. The only surviving drawing of her is from a document from one of her trials.

7. Joan of Arc's sword was said to glow when she held it.

Answer 3

Joan had led the French to several military victories that had seriously embarrassed and humiliated the British army and they wanted her dead. As it would not have been proper to execute her for military actions she took they concocted false charges of heresy and witchcraft. An ethnic French bishop who favored the Brits found her guilty and ordered her burned at the stake, the standard punishment for heretics at the time. The bishop had ordered her to cease wearing men's clothing as it was forbidden by a mandate in the Old Testament. She signed an agreement to stop wearing men's clothing. However, at night the British authorities removed the women's clothing from her cell forcing her to, once again, put men's clothing. The bishop said she was guilty of breaking her agreement and declared her a heretic. 25 years after her death, Joan was exonerated of all charges and, instead,the bishop was found guilty of heresy. He had died so could not experience the same fate as Joan.

Answer 4

Joan had recently decisively defeated the English in several battles, including the raising of the siege of Orleans and the Battle of Patay, where over 2000 English soldiers were killed. When Joan was finally captured by their allies, the Burgundians, who sold her to the English for 10,000 livres, the English wanted Joan killed. They couldn't execute her for defeating them in battle, so they had

pro-English French clergy try Joan for heresy and witchcraft.

Joan was found to be a virgin, so she couldn't be a witch who had slept with the devil, so they finally charged her with heresy for wearing men's clothing, which was considered against the law of God.

Joan, of course, had to wear armour in battle, but in prison she only wore it to keep from being raped by her English guards. This was the reason she was burnt at the stake on May 30, 1431.

25 years later the pope called for a nullification trial for Joan, and when numerous legal errors were found in Joan's original trial, she

was declared innocent of heresy and that trial declared null in July, 1456.

Answer 5

The trial was a mockery and the British and clergy who were British supporters had already determined the outcome of the trial before it even started. The trial was meant to be a public spectacle. Even though much evidence was presented against Joan she refuted it all. As she was not allowed a defense, she was found guilty on charges of being a heretic and executed. A new trial was carried out 23 years after Joan's death and she was cleared of all charges and decalred to have been a martyr.

Answer 6

She was sentenced to death as a heretic by the British supporting bishop, Pierre Cauchon, who ordered her to be burned at the stake as a heretic.

Answer 7

She was originally charged with witchcraft and heresy but there was no way to prove witchcraft so they charged her with being a heretic.