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    Did Saint Joan receive a fair trial?

    Why, at the end, was Joan


    excommunicated and burnt?
    Joan of Arc was not a typical prisoner of war. Following her capture by the Burgundians, she was not allowed to be ransomed, as
    was often the case. The French King Charles VII refused to step in on her behalf, so she was left at the mercy of the British court
    after the English purchased her from the Burgundians. Because the Duke of Bedford had claimed the French throne for his nephew,
    Henry VI, and Joan had supported his rival, it was determined that she had attempted to weaken the power and authority of the
    king. Thus, the charge of heresy was made against her.

    Although no true evidence could be found against Joan, as required by law under charges of heresy, the trial began anyway. Church
    law was violated when Joan was refused legal counsel. Joan's own testimony was wholly believable, but the transcript of the trial
    was later altered to her disfavor. Her conviction was later nullified at a later posthumous retrial in which Joan was described as a
    martyr and the victim of the heresy of Bishop Pierre Cauchon, who presided over the original trial.

    The charge of heresy often called for a death by fire, and her burning at the stake was a common choice of execution. So, no, it was
    not a fair trial and she was excommunicated and burned on a false charge of heresy.

    In Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, how do Joan's


    struggles relate to the struggles we face in todays modern age society?Because Joan is
    a woman she faces struggles, it seems, simply for being so. What...

    In Bernard Shaw's Saint Joan, how do Joan's struggles relate to the struggles we face
    in todays modern age society?

    Because Joan is a woman she faces struggles, it seems, simply for being so. What are
    some examples from the text that I can use to relate her struggles to the general
    struggles we face today?

    I think one approach you might want to consider is how males oppose Joan not because of her gender necessarily, but because
    they are concerned abotut the effect that supporting her would have on their own power. Thus it is that Bishop Cauchon, for
    example, is far more concerned about Joan's individualistic views and how they threaten the church's position, which is why he
    labels her a heretic rather than a witch. In the same scene, Warwick shows this same tendency by fearing an increase in the power
    of the nobility at the expense of the rights of the feudal class. It appears that Joan is presented as a dangerous pawn that is
    unaware of her effect and how others view her, and is sacrificed for greater goals that she is naive about.

    I am sure there are lots of comparisons that can be drawn with similar situations where somebody sets out to do something and
    make a difference for all of the right reasons, wanting to do good, but in the end finds out that their actions and motives are used
    and manipulated by others for their own purposes and goals, such as charity work or work for an NGO or development organisation.

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