English-aligned church authorities in Rouen opened the preliminary examinations against Joan of Arc, the peasant girl turned military commander, on charges of heresy.

English-backed clergy pressed Joan of Arc in her cell at Rouen, part of the trial that would send her to the stake weeks later.

Nineteen-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake in Rouen after being convicted of heresy by an English-backed ecclesiastical court.

English forces burned the 19-year-old French heroine Joan of Arc at the stake in Rouen after a politically motivated heresy trial.