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Joan abjures under the Rouen process, then is held in a relapse trap

Dated 24 May 1431: Joan abjures under the Rouen process, then is held in a relapse trap. In the causal graph this event weakens Judicial independence erosion (court capture), a driver that strengthens Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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On 24 May 1431 Joan abjured at Rouen. Within days the court treated her as relapsed, a finding that opened the way to the 30 May burning. This Fact stores the abjuration-and-trap sequence, not the fire itself.

Context

Abjuration under a pyre threat is not a free theological seminar.

Joan of Arc is not the sole author of every later object, law, or museum label that uses the name. Shared work with courts, excavators, printers, spouses, officials, and later states does not erase a documented role, and it does not make an ancient person the signer of a twentieth-century statute.

Why it matters

Procedural-injustice path. High confidence on the abjuration date.

A signature under threat is not a conversion.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Joan of Arc

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.3 · verified

    Complex: she signed or made an abjuration under threat. The court designed the cemetery theatre and the relapse path.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Historial Jeanne d’Arc — RouenHistorial Jeanne d’Arc / Rouen · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Saint Joan of ArcEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Historial officiality narrative and Britannica independently date 24 May 1431.

Established: 24 May 1431 abjuration and subsequent relapse finding. Not established: a modern psychiatric file, or that she authored the cemetery script.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorJoan of Arc
  2. contributed toFactJoan abjures under the Rouen process, then is held in a relapse trap
  3. weakensDriverJudicial independence erosion (court capture)
  4. strengthensIndicatorRule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

Cite this page

Factrail. (2026). Joan abjures under the Rouen process, then is held in a relapse trap. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-abjuration-1431

https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-abjuration-1431

Accessed 16 October 2026.

By the Factrail desk · Method: how we source and score · Last reviewed

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