How Did Joan Of Arc Die? Inside Her Grisly Demise While Being Burned At The Stake
How Did Joan Of Arc Die? Inside Her Grisly Demise While Being Burned At The Stake After leading France from the brink of defeat during the Hundred Years' War, Joan of Arc was captured and put on trial for heresy by the English — then burned at the stake. Joan of Arc didn’t set out to become a martyr. But as the teenage French warrior faced death at the hands of her persecutors in the English-occupied town of Rouen, France on May 30, 1431, she surely came to accept that unenviable honor. A sympathetic English soldier, moved by her plight, had promised to kill her by strangulation — a strange mercy, but one far preferable to burning to death. But Bishop Pierre Cauchon, head of the absurd show trial, would have none of it: Joan of Arc’s death was to be as terrific as her tormentors could manage. To this day, the story of how Joan of Arc died remains as horrific as it is tragic. From the story of why she was burned at the stake to why she was put to death in the first place, Joan