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===Siege of Compiègne and capture=== {{main|Siege of Compiègne}} The Duke of Burgundy began to reclaim towns which had been ceded to him by treaty but had not submitted.{{sfn|Pernoud|Clin|1986|p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/84 84]}} Compiègne was one such town{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/146 146]|DeVries|1999|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/167 167–168]}} of many in areas which the Armagnacs had recaptured over the previous few months.{{sfn|DeVries|1999|p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/166 166]}} Joan set out with a company of volunteers at the end of March 1430 to relieve the town, which was under siege.{{sfnm|DeVries|1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/168 168]|Gies|1981|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/136 136]}} This expedition did not have the explicit permission of Charles, who was still observing the truce.{{sfnm|1a1=Lang|1y=1909|1p=[https://archive.org/details/maidoffrancebein00languoft/page/226 226]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/84 84–85]|Vale|1974|p=[https://archive.org/details/charlesvii0000vale/page/58 58]}} Some writers suggest that Joan's expedition to Compiègne without documented permission from the court was a desperate and treasonable action,{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/146 146]|DeVries|1999|2p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/168 168]}} but others have argued that she could not have launched the expedition without the financial support of the court.{{sfnm|Gies|1981|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/136 136]|Lightbody|1961|2p=[https://archive.org/details/judgementsofjoan0000ligh/page/152 152]}} In April, Joan arrived at [[Melun]], which had expelled its Burgundian garrison.{{sfnm|1a1=Gies|1y=1981|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/136 136]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/84 85]}} As Joan advanced, her force grew as other commanders joined her.{{sfnm|1a1=DeVries|1y=1999|1pp=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/168 168–169]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/86 86]}} Joan's troops advanced to [[Lagny-sur-Marne]] and defeated an Anglo-Burgundian force commanded by the mercenary Franquet d'Arras who was captured. Typically, he would have been ransomed or exchanged by the capturing force, but Joan allowed the townspeople to execute him after a trial.{{sfnm|1a1=DeVries|1y=1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/169 169]|2a1=Gies|2y=1981|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/137 137–138]|3a1=Pernoud|3a2=Clin|3y=1986|3p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/85 85]}} [[File:Panthéon - La vie de Jeanne d'Arc (hlw16 0310)- crop capture (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright=1.45|left|Mural ''Joan captured by the Burgundians at Compiègne'' by [[Jules-Eugène Lenepveu]] ({{circa|1886–1890|lk=no}}, [[Panthéon, Paris|Panthéon]], Paris)|alt=Joan in armor and surcoat being pulled off her horse by soldiers.]] Joan reached Compiègne on 14 May.{{sfnm|DeVries|1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/169 169]|Gies|1981|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/138 138]}} After defensive forays against the Burgundian besiegers,{{sfnm|DeVries|1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/171 171]}} she was forced to disband the majority of the army because it had become too difficult for the surrounding countryside to support.{{sfn|Gies|1981|p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/139 139]}} Joan and about 400 of her remaining soldiers entered the town.{{sfn|Pernoud|Clin|1986|p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/86 86]}} On 23 May 1430, Joan accompanied an Armagnac force which [[sortie]]d from Compiègne to attack the Burgundian camp at [[Margny-lès-Compiègne|Margny]], northeast of the town. The attack failed, and Joan was captured;{{sfnm|Barker|2009|1p=[https://archive.org/details/conquestenglishk0000bark/page/146 146]|DeVries|1999|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/174 174–177]|Harrison|2014|3pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclifetra0000harr/page/227 227–228]}} she agreed to surrender to a pro-Burgundian nobleman named Lyonnel de Wandomme, a member of [[John II of Luxembourg, Count of Ligny|Jean de Luxembourg]]'s contingent.{{sfnm|Gies|1981|pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/140 140–142]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/88 88]}} who quickly moved her to his castle at [[Beaulieu-les-Fontaines]], near Noyes.{{sfnm|1a1=Gies|1y=1981|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/142 142]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/92 92]}} After her first attempt to escape, she was transferred to [[Beaurevoir]] Castle. She made another escape attempt while there, jumping from a window of a tower and landing in a dry moat; she was injured but survived.{{sfnm|Castor|2015|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarchistory0000cast_n6r7/page/163 163]|Gies|1981|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/149 149]|Warner|1981|3p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcimageof0000warn/page/113 113]}} In November, she was moved to the Burgundian town of [[Arras, France|Arras]].{{sfn|Pernoud|Clin|1986|p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/97 97]}} The English and Burgundians rejoiced that Joan had been removed as a military threat.{{sfn|Rankin|Quintal|1964|pp=[https://archive.org/details/firstbiographyof0000rank/page/111 111–112]}} The English negotiated with their Burgundian allies to pay Joan's ransom and transfer her to their custody. Bishop [[Pierre Cauchon]] of [[Beauvais]], a partisan supporter of the Duke of Burgundy and the English crown,{{sfnm|1a1=Champion|1y=1920|1p=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160818165959/https://sourcebooks.fordham.edu/basis/joanofarc-trial.asp 405]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/208 208–209]}} played a prominent part in these negotiations,{{sfnm|Castor|2015|1pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarchistory0000cast_n6r7/page/162 162–163]|Lucie-Smith|1976|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/210 210–211]}} which were completed in November.{{sfn|Taylor|2006|p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclapucel00unse/page/22 22]}} The final agreement called for the English to pay 10,000 [[Livre tournois|livres tournois]] to obtain her from Luxembourg.{{sfnm|1a1=DeVries|1y=1999|1p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/183 183]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/97 97]|3a1=Lucie-Smith|3y=1976|3p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarc0000luci/page/212 212]}} After the English paid the ransom, they moved Joan to [[Rouen]], their main headquarters in France.{{sfnm|1a1=Castor|1y=2015|1p=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarchistory0000cast_n6r7/page/164 164]|2a1=Pernoud|2a2=Clin|2y=1986|2pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/100 100–101]}} There is no evidence that Charles tried to save Joan once she was transferred to the English.{{sfnm|1a1=Gies|1y=1981|1pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarclegendr0000gies/page/143 143–144]|2a1=DeVries|2y=1999|2p=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780750918053/page/168 168]|3a1=Pernoud|3a2=Clin|3y=1986|3pp=[https://archive.org/details/joanofarcherstor00pern/page/97 97–98]|4a1=Vale|4y=1974|4pp=[https://archive.org/details/charlesvii0000vale/page/58 58–59]}}
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