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Joan is captured in a sortie at Compiègne

On 23 May 1430 Joan was captured during a sortie at Compiègne. 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.

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On 23 May 1430 Joan was captured during a sortie at Compiègne. It is not yet the Rouen fire.

Context

Medieval captivity was a market. The next row stores the sale to the English.

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

Humanitarian-captivity path. High confidence on the capture date.

A capture is not a sentence. Cauchon’s court is later.

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 led a sortie and was unhorsed and taken. Burgundian soldiers made the capture.

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 CompiègneVille de Compiègne · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Britannica — Saint Joan of ArcEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Compiègne’s civic public identity and Britannica independently date 23 May 1430.

Established: capture at Compiègne 23 May 1430.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorJoan of Arc
  2. contributed toFactJoan is captured in a sortie at Compiègne
  3. weakensDriverHumanitarian Access
  4. strengthensIndicatorPeople Internally Displaced by Conflict and Violence (IDMC)

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Factrail. (2026). Joan is captured in a sortie at Compiègne. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-compiegne-1430

https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-compiegne-1430

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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