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