2026-01-15
1 小时 2 分钟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 counselor,
the Bishop of Bovee, 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 3rd of January 1431 and it was issued in the name of the nine-year-old king of France Henri II,
who is better known in England as King Henry VI.
Now Henry had arrived in France in April 1429 and three months later he had made a ceremonial entry into Rouen.