may 30, 1431 - Scene 40
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On May 30, Joan confessed and received communion. Then she was taken to the place of execution. When she was at the foot of the scaffold, she knelt, invoking God, the Virgin, and the Saints; then, turning to the bishop, to the judges, to her enemies, she devoutly begged them to have masses said for her soul. She climbed the stake, asked for a cross, and died in the flames while pronouncing the name of Jesus. Everyone was crying, the executioners themselves and the judges.“We are lost, we have burned a saint!” cried the English as they dispersed.
O JOAN, WITHOUT SEPULCHER AND WITHOUT PORTRAIT,
YOU WHO KNEW THAT THE TOMB OF HEROES
IS THE HEART OF THE LIVING...
André MALRAUX
ONLY PROVABLE VOLUNTEERS CAN RAISE JOAN
AND OTHER HEROES BACK FROM THEIR GRAVES
Anon
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may 30, 1431
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~ 595 years ago