1. THE PASSION
OF JOAN OF ARCCopy !req
2. In the library of
the Chambre des députés in ParisCopy !req
3. is one of world history's
most remarkable documents:Copy !req
4. The record that was written during
the trial of Jeanne d'Arc -Copy !req
5. the trial that led
to her conviction and death ...Copy !req
6. the judges' questions
and Jeanne's own answersCopy !req
7. have been meticulously recorded ...Copy !req
8. reading it you will see Jeanne
as she really was -Copy !req
9. not in helmet and armour,
but simple and human ...Copy !req
10. a young woman
who died for her country ...Copy !req
11. and we are witnesses
to a poignant drama -Copy !req
12. a young, faithful woman fighting aloneCopy !req
13. against a band of blind theologians
and skilled jurists.Copy !req
14. I swear to tell the truth ...Copy !req
15. and nothing but the truth ...Copy !req
16. I was christened Jeanne ...Copy !req
17. at home I am called Jeannette ...Copy !req
18. How old are you?Copy !req
19. Nineteen ... I think.Copy !req
20. Can you say Our Father?Copy !req
21. Who taught it to you?Copy !req
22. my mother.Copy !req
23. Say the Our Father.Copy !req
24. You claim to be sent by God?Copy !req
25. to save France ...Copy !req
26. that is why I was born.Copy !req
27. So you believe
that God hates the English?Copy !req
28. I know not whether God loves
or hates the English ...Copy !req
29. but I know for certainCopy !req
30. that the English will all
be driven out of France ...Copy !req
31. except for those
who are going to die here.Copy !req
32. You have told that Saint Michael
appeared before youCopy !req
33. what did he look like?Copy !req
34. Did he have wings?Copy !req
35. Did he wear a crown?Copy !req
36. What did he wear?Copy !req
37. How were you able to tell
if it was a man or a woman?Copy !req
38. Was he naked?Copy !req
39. Do you not believe that God
would have clothes for him?Copy !req
40. Did he have long hair?Copy !req
41. Why should he have had it cut off?Copy !req
42. Why do you dress as a man?Copy !req
43. If we give you a woman's dress,
will you wear it?Copy !req
44. When I have accomplished
God's will for me,Copy !req
45. I shall again wear women's clothes.Copy !req
46. So it is God who has dictated
how you dress?Copy !req
47. What do you expect from God in return?Copy !req
48. The salvation of my soul.Copy !req
49. This is blasphemy.Copy !req
50. This is a disgrace ...Copy !req
51. for me she is a saint.Copy !req
52. Did God make you promises of any kind?Copy !req
53. That has nothing to do with your trial.Copy !req
54. I think I will let the judges decide that.Copy !req
55. Shall we vote on it?Copy !req
56. Well, what has God promised you?Copy !req
57. Perhaps he has promisedCopy !req
58. that you will be released
from your prison?Copy !req
59. When?Copy !req
60. I know neither the day ...Copy !req
61. nor the hour.Copy !req
62. If she will not willingly confess,Copy !req
63. we must try to lure
the confession out of her.Copy !req
64. Get me a letter
with the signature of King Charles.Copy !req
65. Write a letter by my dictation.Copy !req
66. I have great sympathy for you!Copy !req
67. Would you recognise
your King's signature?Copy !req
68. I have a letter from him to you.Copy !req
69. I cannot read ...Copy !req
70. To our dearly beloved Jeanne ...Copy !req
71. We have gathered a mighty army
and are preparing an attack on Rouen ...Copy !req
72. We send you this priest,Copy !req
73. who is devoted to us -
have confidence in him.Copy !req
74. As Jesus is God's son,
you claim to be God's daughter?Copy !req
75. Will you now say the Our Father?Copy !req
76. Did God promise
that you would be released soon?Copy !req
77. by means of a great victory!Copy !req
78. Has God told you
that you will go to Heaven?Copy !req
79. So you are certain of being saved?Copy !req
80. Do you realise that it is
dangerous to answer this way?Copy !req
81. Since you are so certain
of your salvation,Copy !req
82. you do not need the Church?Copy !req
83. Are you already in a state of grace?Copy !req
84. Well, answer!
Are you in a state of grace?Copy !req
85. If I am, may God so keep me ...Copy !req
86. If I am not, may God bestow
His grace upon me!Copy !req
87. Monseigneur ...Copy !req
88. please allow me to go to Mass.Copy !req
89. Jeanne, you shall be allowed
to go to Mass ...Copy !req
90. but on one condition:
that you change your clothing.Copy !req
91. So those clothes are dearer
to you than the Lord's Mass ...Copy !req
92. it is abominable ...Copy !req
93. it is a disgrace to God ...Copy !req
94. You are no daughter of God ...Copy !req
95. you are one of Satan's gang!Copy !req
96. Let them prepare the torture.Copy !req
97. She looks just like a daughter
of God, doesn't she?Copy !req
98. In the torture chamber.Copy !req
99. Look at your judges ...Copy !req
100. do you not believeCopy !req
101. that these learned doctors
are wiser than you?Copy !req
102. but the wisdom of God is even greater.Copy !req
103. Listen Jeanne, we know that
your visions did not come from God ...Copy !req
104. but from the Devil.Copy !req
105. How do you distinguish
a good angel from a bad angel?Copy !req
106. It is the Devil to whom you have knelt,
not Saint Michael!Copy !req
107. Do you not understand that it is Satan
who has turned your head ...Copy !req
108. who has deceived you ...Copy !req
109. and betrayed you.Copy !req
110. I think she is ready
to sign the abjuration!Copy !req
111. The Church is opening her arms to you ...Copy !req
112. if you turn away, she will disown you
and you will stand alone ...Copy !req
113. alone!Copy !req
114. yes, alone ...Copy !req
115. alone with God!Copy !req
116. Even though you torture
my soul out of my body,Copy !req
117. I shall confess nothing ...Copy !req
118. and if I should confess,Copy !req
119. I shall say afterwards
that you forced me to do it!Copy !req
120. On no account must she die
a natural deathCopy !req
121. she has cost me too much for that.Copy !req
122. She is very weak.Copy !req
123. She has a fever ...
we shall have to bleed her.Copy !req
124. But take good care
that she does not do awayCopy !req
125. with herself
she is capable of anything.Copy !req
126. Go and fetch the Sacrament.Copy !req
127. Is there anything you wish to say?Copy !req
128. I am afraid that I am going to die ...Copy !req
129. and if I should die,Copy !req
130. I implore you to have me buried
in consecrated ground.Copy !req
131. The Church is merciful ...Copy !req
132. she always takes care
of the lamb that has strayed.Copy !req
133. Jeanne, we only want
what is best for you -Copy !req
134. look, I have sent for the Sacrament.Copy !req
135. I am a good Christian.Copy !req
136. Do you realise that it is
the Body of Christ you are rejecting?Copy !req
137. Do you not realise that you offend God
by your defiance?Copy !req
138. I love and honour God
with all my heart.Copy !req
139. You claim ... that I am ...
sent by the Devil ...Copy !req
140. that is not true ...Copy !req
141. it is you who have been sent
by the Devil -to torment me ...Copy !req
142. and you ...Copy !req
143. There is nothing more we can do with her
give the executioner his orders!Copy !req
144. We will make one last attempt
to save this lost soul ...Copy !req
145. It is to you, Jeanne, I am talking ...Copy !req
146. it is to you I say
that your King is a heretic!Copy !req
147. My King is the noblest of all Christians.Copy !req
148. The arrogance of this woman
is incredible ...Copy !req
149. never before in France
have we witnessed a monster like her ...Copy !req
150. I have never done anyone any harm.Copy !req
151. If you do not sign,
you will be burned alive ...Copy !req
152. behold, the executioner
is awaiting you.Copy !req
153. You have no right to die yet -
your King still needs your help.Copy !req
154. Sign, Jeanne ... and save your life!Copy !req
155. We have great sympathy for you.Copy !req
156. Sign, Jeanne!Copy !req
157. In the name of the Lord, Amen ...Copy !req
158. since you have at last renounced
the errors of your ways,Copy !req
159. the Church opens her doors to you ...Copy !req
160. but as you are guilty of such a sin,
we condemn you ...Copy !req
161. to perpetual imprisonment -Copy !req
162. there to eat the bread of sorrow
and drink the water of affliction.Copy !req
163. You have done a good day's work -
you have saved your life and your soul.Copy !req
164. She has only made fools of you ...Copy !req
165. Long live Jeanne!Copy !req
166. Go and fetch the judges!Copy !req
167. I have forsaken God ... I have lied ...Copy !req
168. hurry!Copy !req
169. I have been a wicked person ...Copy !req
170. I have denied God ... to save my life.Copy !req
171. But, Jeanne, you have admitted
in front of everybodyCopy !req
172. that you were sent by the Devil.Copy !req
173. So you still believe
that you are sent by the Lord?Copy !req
174. That was a fatal answer.Copy !req
175. I have confessed only
for fear of being burned.Copy !req
176. Have you anything else to tell us?Copy !req
177. We have come to prepare you for death.Copy !req
178. Now ... already?Copy !req
179. What kind of death?Copy !req
180. At the stake!Copy !req
181. I will go and fetch the Sacrament.Copy !req
182. Tell me, how can you still believe
that you are sent by God?Copy !req
183. His ways are not our ways.Copy !req
184. Yes - I am His child.Copy !req
185. And the great victory?Copy !req
186. my martyrdom!Copy !req
187. and your release?Copy !req
188. death!Copy !req
189. Do you wish to confess?Copy !req
190. "Heretic, Relapsed,
Apostate, Idolatress"Copy !req
191. May the Body of our Lord Jesus Christ
preserve thy soul ...Copy !req
192. unto life everlasting, Amen.Copy !req
193. Jeanne, gather yourself ...
your last moments are near.Copy !req
194. Dear, dear Jesus ...
I accept my death willingly ...Copy !req
195. let my suffering be short ...Copy !req
196. will I be with you tonight
in Paradise?Copy !req
197. Jesus!Copy !req
198. You have burned a saint!Copy !req
199. the surrounding flames protected
Jeanne's soul as it rose towards Heaven -Copy !req
200. Jeanne, whose heart has remained
the heart of France ...Copy !req
201. Jeanne, whose memory for all time
will be honoured by the people of France.Copy !req