# Joan is captured in a sortie at Compiègne

Date: 1430

## The fact

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](/people/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.

## Evidence and sources

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

Official or archival record: Ville de Compiègne (https://www.compiegne.fr/; Ville de Compiègne).

## Significance

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

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

## What is established and what is not

Established: capture at Compiègne 23 May 1430. Not established: a unique betrayal conspiracy as a counted Fact in this catalog.

What would change the picture: a contradictory original with a different date or name, or a measured series that can be argued, with lag and alternatives, as a consequence of this instrument rather than of later institutions.

The date is the date of this instrument, not a licence to back-date every later harm or benefit.

## People

- Joan of Arc: https://factrail.ai/people/joan-of-arc

## Drivers

- Humanitarian Access: https://factrail.ai/drivers/humanitarian-access

## Sources

- https://www.compiegne.fr/
- https://www.britannica.com/biography/Saint-Joan-of-Arc

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

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