The Trial of Joan of Arc, which took place before an English-backed church court at Rouen, France in the first half of the year 1431 was one of the more famous trials in history, the subject of many books and movies. It culminated in the execution of the person known to history as Joan of Arc, the young French peasant girl who was the defendant in the case. The trial verdict would later be reversed on appeal by the Inquisitor-General in 1456, thereby completely exonerating her. She is now a French national heroine and saint of the Roman Catholic Church.
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