635. Joan of Arc: For Fear of the Flames (Part 4)

Henry, by the grace of God, King of France and England, to all who will see this present letter, greeting. It is sufficiently notorious and well known. How for some time past, a woman calling herself Joan the Maid abandoned women's clothes and dressed and armed herself like a man, a thing against divine law and abominable to God, and condemned and forbidden by every law. She committed cruel murders, and, as reported, seduced and abused simple people by trying to convince them that she was sent by God and knew heavenly secrets. While fostering these deceptions, and engaging in hostilities against us and our people, she was captured fully armed by some of our loyal subjects, then brought to us as a prisoner.

And because many have suspected and accused her of superstition, of spreading false dogmas, and of crimes of treason against divine majesty, We have been urgently entreated by the Reverend Father, our beloved and loyal counsellor, the Bishop of Beauvais, to surrender Joan to the Reverend Father for questioning and examination, so that after gathering a proper assembly, he can proceed against her according to the rules and regulations of divine and canon law. So that was a proclamation issued on the third of january, fourteen thirty one, and it was issued in the name of the nine year old king of France, Henri II, Henry II, who is better known in England as King Henry the Sixth. Now Henry had arrived in France in April fourteen twenty nine, and three months later he had made a ceremonial entry into Rouen, Where, unfortunately, Tom, Henry had not impressed the locals, had he?

So we are in our final episode about Joan of Arc, and let's start with uh Henry the Sixth, the hero of this story in many ways. So he had arrived, he's a little boy, he arrives in Rouen, and the French sadly don't really take to him, do they? Well, so Henry VI is one of the great losers of English history, um, and I'm afraid. that that um that kind of trend of being a loser begins early because here he is, he's nine years old, he's arrived in Rouen and he does not impress people at all because um the crowds have turned out to cheer him and all he does is complain that they're making too much noise. He then heads straight into the castle and basically refuses to leave it.

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