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Pierre Cauchon - Condemned Joan of Arc to Death

This fifteenth-century illustration of Pierre Cauchon, by Roger de Gaignieres, is a drawing of his tomb sculpture.  Cauchon remains infamous for his role in condemning Joan of Arc to death at the stake.

 

Credits

Original drawing, maintained at Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris. 

This image, from Jeanne D'Arc, Maid Of Orleans Deliverer Of France: Being The Story Of Her Life, Her Achievements, And Her Death As Attested On Oath And Set Forth In The Original Documents, edited by T. Douglas Murray, page 300.