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Joan is burned at Rouen on 30 May 1431

On 30 May 1431 Joan was burned at Rouen. In the causal graph this event weakens Humanitarian Access, a driver that strengthens People Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC) — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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On 30 May 1431 Joan was burned at Rouen. It does not store the fire as proof of voices, and it does not treat Joan as the author of her own execution.

Context

This is the inquisition’s end-state. Later statues on the same square can be civic memory or nationalist theatre; those are other rows. 1456 quashed the sentence without undoing the death.

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

Killing path. High confidence on the date.

A death is not a canonization. 1920 remains a Vatican paper.

Who was responsible

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

  • Joan of Arc

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.2 · verified

    Complex: she is the victim of a public execution. Judges, English authorities, and executioners carried it out.

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.Ville de RouenVille de Rouen · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Saint Joan of ArcEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Rouen’s civic public identity and Britannica independently date 30 May 1431.

Established: execution by fire at Rouen 30 May 1431.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorJoan of Arc
  2. contributed toFactJoan is burned at Rouen on 30 May 1431
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Joan is burned at Rouen on 30 May 1431. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-burning-1431

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

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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