The execution of Joan Of Arc (1412-1431), aka "The Maid of Orléans" by burning on 30 May 1431. Tied to a tall pillar at the Vieux-Marché in Rouen, she asked two of the clergy, Fr Martin Ladvenu and Fr Isambart de la Pierre, to hold a crucifix before her. An English soldier also constructed a small cross that she put in the front of her dress. The English burned the body twice more, to reduce it to ashes and prevent any collection of relics, and cast her remains into the Seine River.

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The execution of Joan Of Arc 1412-1431), nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans". Eyewitnesses described the scene of the execution by burning on 30 May 1431. Tied to a tall pillar at the Vieux-Marché in Rouen, she asked two of the clergy, Fr Martin Ladvenu and Fr Isambart de la Pierre, to hold a crucifix before her. An English soldier also constructed a small cross that she put in the front of her dress. After she died, the English raked back the coals to expose her charred body so that no one could claim she had escaped alive. They then burned the body twice more, to reduce it to ashes and prevent any collection of relics, and cast her remains into the Seine River.

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Location: Rouen, France
Photo credit: © De Luan / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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