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In Orléans, Jeanne expected her generals to launch an immediate attack on the English and Burgundians, but instead, they advised caution and delay. She was incensed. She jumped on her horse, gathered her army, and led the way to the city gates, personally demonstrating that what she was demanding could absolutely be accomplished. The mayor had been ordered to block her path. She instantly drew her sword and threatened to cut off his head, if he did not lower the drawbridge. He did so, and Jeanne led the charge, while the aristocratic generals scrambled to keep up with her.
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The Burgundians sold their prisoner to the English. At Rouen a trial was staged. Joan was "proved" to be a witch and a heretic. On May 30, 1431, she was burnt at the stake and her ashes were scattered on the Seine River. Thus ended the career of Joan of Arc, the Maid of Orleans.
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Jeanne's mission was twofold: By 1428, the English and Burgundians had secured the entirety of northern France. Their siege of the Loire Valley city of Orléans was undertaken to remove the last obstacle to finishing off their takeover of France. The citizens of Orléans heroically resisted the Anglo-Burgundian besiegers, but were on the verge of defeat. Jeanne understood that lifting the siege would have to deliver a double blow: It would have to free the city, and ... would have to bring a halt to the gentlemanly sport of continuous warfare, which had cost so many lives, military and civilian. A crushing blow was urgent and vital; however, since none was coming from the King, Jeanne deployed herself to carry out that task.
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Not long after the Dauphin was crowned King Charles VII, she was captured by the Burgundians, turned over to the English, and tried and burned as a heretic. Her martyrdom did much to unite and invigorate the French, who turned the tide of the war and at last drove the English out of France 20 years later.
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