Joan of Arc24 May 1431
Agrees to sign a "confession" after being threatened with summary execution
France · Warfare / Hundred Years War. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.
Agrees to sign a "confession" after being threatened with summary execution
Witnesses describe how even some of the English officials wept, the English Royal secretary Jean Tressard, is heard exclaiming: "We are all ruined, for a good and holy person was burned". Joan of Arc is executed, burned in the market place at Rouen
Witnesses describe how even some of the English officials wept, the English Royal secretary Jean Tressard, is heard exclaiming: "We are all ruined, for a good and holy person was burned"
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