[MR] Wikipedia: Joan of Arc Burned at the Stake

[Garth Groff via Atlantia]

Noble Friends,

On this date in 1431, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen by 
her English captors. During much of the Hundred Years War, the French 
had their backs to the wall, hindered by weak kings, self-serving dukes, 
internal divisions, general military inefficiency, and an well-justified 
fear of the English longbow. More than any other factor, the inspiration 
provided by Joan of Arc began to turn the war against the English in 
1429. No wonder the English wanted her dead. She was captured by the 
English-allied Burgundians at the siege of Compiègne in May 1430, and 
turned over to the English. Joan was tried for heresy, chiefly on the 
charge that she wore men's clothing. The trial was a stage-managed 
kangaroo court and conviction was a foregone conclusion.

You can read more about Joan at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joan_of_Arc

Yours Aye,


Lord Mungo Napier, That Crazy Scot