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Cauchon, Pierre |
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Cauchon, Pierre (pyĕr kōshôN`), d. 1442, bishop of Beauvais, France, president of the ecclesiastic court that convicted (1431) Joan of Arc Joan of Arc, Fr. Jeanne D'Arc (zhän därk), 1412?–31, French saint and national heroine, called the Maid of Orléans; daughter of a farmer of Domrémy on the border of Champagne and Lorraine. ..... Click the link for more information. at Rouen. His violent partisanship for the English made a fair trial impossible. Cauchon's procedure was repudiated by the church in the rehabilitation trial (1456) of Joan. BibliographySee W. P. Barrett, The Trial of Jeanne d' Arc (1931). How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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