| On this day St. Joan of Arc was burned as a heretic by English and French collaborators. Several years earlier Joan had become a heroine in France, when she led an army against the English in order to crown the dauphin Charles at Reims. At this time, during the Hundred Years' War, the crown of France was contested by Charles and the Lancastrian king, Henry VI. Henry's armies were allied with those of Philip the Good, the duke of Burgundy, who later captured Joan. She was brought before a church ... |