
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...

This translation of Joan of Arc's trial is set in its legal and historical context. In exploring Joan's place in 15th century society, Hobbins suggests that her claims to divine revelation conform to a recognisable profile of holy women in her culture while her adoption of military...