Trial of Joan of Arc

Name: Trial of Joan of Arc
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ISBN: 9780674024052

ISBN-10: 0674024052

ISBN-13: 9780674024052

Edition: 2005

Authors: Daniel Hobbins

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No account is more critical to our understanding of Joan of Arc than the contemporary record of her trial in 1431. Convened at Rouen and directed by bishop Pierre Cauchon, the trial culminated in Joan's public execution for heresy. The trial record, which sometimes preserves Joan's very words, unveils her life, character, visions, and motives in fascinating detail. Here is one of our richest sources for the life of a medieval woman. This new translation, the first in fifty years, is based on the full record of the trial proceedings in Latin. Recent scholarship dates this text to the year of the trial itself, thereby lending it a greater claim to authority than had traditionally been…

Book details

List price: $28.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 4/30/2007
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 272
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.25" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.902
Language: English

Daniel Hobbins is Associate Professor of History at the University of Notre Dame.



Map, 1429


Note on the Translation


Introduction



Preparatory Trial


Joan is questioned about her voices, conduct in battle, wearing of men's clothing, and other matters. Her judges decide to proceed to an ordinary trial



Ordinary Trial


Joan is formally accused of heresy but refuses to submit to the Church. Upon sentencing, she recants and receives a sentence of perpetual imprisonment



Trial for Relapse


Joan withdraws her recantation and resumes wearing men's clothing. Sentenced as a relapsed heretic, she is handed over to the secular authorities for punishment



Aftermath


The authorities deliver their assessments after the death of Joan


Appendix: The "Poitiers Conclusions"


Chronology


Major Participants in the Trial


Notes


Further Reading


Index