Joan of Arc: Warrior Maid (TRIH eps 632-635)
1430 · Resource
This episode is the final instalment of The Rest Is History’s multi-part exploration of Joan of Arc. Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook follow Joan’s capture, incarceration in Rouen and the detailed ecclesiastical inquisition led by Pierre Cochon and other assessors. The hosts discuss the charges against her—claims about heavenly voices and her adoption of male dress—the rigorous procedure of the trial, her initial resistance and later abjuration, and the fatal relapse that led to her being ha...
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