Scott Alexander (author/host)
👤 PersonAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Shortly afterwards, the executioner rushed up to a monk, telling him, God help us!
We have burned a saint!
We have burned a saint!
History has tended to agree with him.
Footnotes here, first after shortly afterwards.
The source tells the story twice, in one telling it occurs after a midday dinner, in the other before it.
And another footnote, according to the monk involved.
According to someone who heard the story second-hand, it was the King of England's secretary, a much more important person.
2.6 Rejoice, free Kingdom of France, for now God fights on your side.
History has tended to agree with him, eventually.
The English and their allies didn't publish the full trial transcripts.
A copy was kept in Rouen, where the trial took place.
Another copy was sent to Rome, where I suspect the very busy Pope put it in a file drawer somewhere.
And I would guess a third copy went somewhere.
What they published was the concluding section.
The twelve articles of heresy they accuse her of, her responses to them, and the conclusion of the judges.