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stubborn will allowed her to fall into the hands of her enemy, for the commander
of the town left the gates open long enough for Joan and her forces to enter.
However, seeing Joan refusing to disengage and the enemy ever so close to the
entrance, the commander ordered the gate shut, sealing Joan’s fate.
After the Burgundians captured her, they imprisoned Joan at Beaulieu
Castle at Rouen. After a lengthy imprisonment and trial, the English executed the
Maiden of France on 30 May 1431.
The author previously published a slightly different version of this article on his
blog at http://www.camrea.org/.
Notes
1. Régine Pernoud, Marie-Véronique Clin, Joan of Arc: Her Story, trans. Jeremy
duQuesnay Adams, ed. Bonnie Wheeler, (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1999), 103-137, 209.
2. Joan of Arc, Letter to the King of England, 1429, trans. Belle Tuten from M. Vallet de
Vireville, ed. Chronique de la Pucelle, ou Chronique de Cousinot (Paris: Adolphe Delahaye, 1859),
281-283, https://legacy.fordham.edu/halsall/source/joanofarc.asp.
3. Joan of Arc, quoted in Wm. E. Baumgaertner, “1429-The Maid of Orléans,” A Timeline of
Fifteenth Century England 1398-1509 (Victoria, BC: Trafford Publishing, 2009).
4. Joan M. Edmunds, The Mission of Joan of Arc (Forest Row, East Essex: Temple Lodge
Publishing, 2008), 46.
5. Ibid.
6. Joan of Arc, Third Letter to the English at Orléans May 5, 1429, accessed January 15,
2017, https://archive.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_letter_May_5_1429.html.
7. Allen Williamson, “Segment 6: Orléans, Part II,” Joan of Arc Biography, accessed
January 15, 2017, http://www.joan-of-arc.org/joanofarc_life_summary_orleans2.html.
8. Ibid.
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