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The Rouen court treats Joan’s male dress as a capital-adjacent heresy article

In 1431 Rouen articles and the relapse finding treated Joan’s male dress as heresy-relevant. In the causal graph this event weakens Protection of Minority Rights, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — a worsening welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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In 1431 Rouen articles and the relapse finding treated Joan’s male dress as heresy-relevant.

Context

Prison safety and theological dress codes collided. The court’s choice to make clothes capital is the welfare issue. Later culture-war captures of this article are not 1431.

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

Gendered-persecution path. High confidence on the clothing articles.

A coat is not a voice. Keep visions out of the Fact.

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 wore male dress and resumed it. The court made that a killing article. Guards and judges set the prison conditions.

What changed

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

    1. FactThe Rouen court treats Joan’s male dress as a capital-adjacent heresy article
    2. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Worsening path

    impact weight 0.55 · Effect from 1 May 1431 · verified

    • Having a say in government

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Protection of Minority Rights

      Worse

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.25 (weight 0.55 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

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 and Britannica independently describe dress as a central 1431 article, especially at relapse.

Established: male dress was a Rouen charge and relapse hook. Not established: that Joan authored a gender-rights programme.

Causal path

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

  1. ActorJoan of Arc
  2. contributed toFactThe Rouen court treats Joan’s male dress as a capital-adjacent heresy article
  3. weakensDriverProtection of Minority Rights
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Rouen court treats Joan’s male dress as a capital-adjacent heresy article. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-dress-articles-1431

https://factrail.ai/facts/joa-dress-articles-1431

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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

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