Author

Jeanne d'Arc; Pierre Cauchon; Guillaume Bouille; T. Douglas Murray

Posthumous or imagined likeness of Joan of Arc.
Posthumous or imagined likeness of Joan of Arc. Source · Public domain
The Trial of Joan of Arc

1431; rehabilitation 1450-1456; Murray translation 1902 · Medieval · Hagiography

The trial records of Joan of Arc are not a saint's life in the ordinary devotional sense. They are hostile legal documents that accidentally preserve one of the most vivid medieval voices.

high medical relevanceSaintsFaith / ReligionJustice Law