When she was about thirteen there came the first of those experiences which she was afterwards to call her voices; to begin with, it was a voice, but later, presences manifested themselves who she knew to be St. ... Trial After 14 months of interrogation, she was accused of wrongdoing in wearing in wearing masculine dress and of heresy for believing she was directly responsible to God rather than to the Roman Catholic church. ... The trial itself was a mockery, with the judges urged to hurry up and earn their reward and the result a foregone conclusion. ...

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Joan's trial took place at Roven. The first examination was on February 21, 1431. Joan appeared in front of them for the first time. Theologians, doctors, and scholars all came to interrogate her. ... And then started the Trials of condemnation. ...

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Joan first traveled to the court of Dauphin. ... After months of interrogation, Joan was tricked into confessing. Her judges declared her visions Satanic, and Joan was burned at the stake in the marketplace in Rouen, although 25 years later Joan was given a second trial and was found innocent. ...

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