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'''Rouen''' is a city on the River [[Seine]] in northern France.

During the [[Hundred Years' War]] it was claimed by both England and France, and was reputedly the place that [[Jeanne d'Arc]] was tried and burnt at the stake at on 30 May 1431.

==History==
On Christmas Eve 1430, Jeanne d'Arc was sent to the city to be tried, after the [[John of Lancaster, 1st Duke of Belford|Duke of Belford]] bought her liberty from [[John of Bohemia|John of Luxembourg]] vassal to [[Philip the Good]], after she had been their prisoner for seven months. [[Pierre Cauchon]] was responsible for these negotiations, who was also angling for the archbishopric of Rouen.<ref>''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]'' – Chapter 30</ref>

On 21 February 1431, inside the keep of the [[Chapel of Bouvreuil]], months after the news had reached Jeanne's companions, her step-cousin [[Gabriel Laxart]], and her handmaiden [[Fleur]], they two had traveled to Rouen under the guise of finding employment. While there, they theorized how best to break Jeanne out of the tower of Rouen's castle. They also overheard the tribunal of Jeanne, among which were Bishop Pierre Cauchon and the promoter-general of the diocese of Bauvais, [[Jean d'Estive]] as the overseeing judges. Together they witnessed a beaten Jeanne being brought out and interrogated. Questioned about her [[Consus|Voices]], the tribunal remained unconvinced of her ability, intent on labeling her as a heretic.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – Chapter 31</ref>

On 24 May, at the [[Abbey of Saint-Ouen]], Gabriel eavesdropped upon the priest, [[Guillaume Erard]] forcing Jeanne into signing a cedula, thus swearing never again to cut her hair short, wear men's apparel, or take up arms. Although Jeanne could write her name, she instead signed with a cross within a circle. Signalling that she meant nothing by it, leaving herself a way out of it.<ref name="ACH Ch32">''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – Chapter 32</ref>

On 30 May, the day of Jeanne's execution came to be held in the old marketplace. Gabriel witnessed who he thought was Jeanne burning at the stake and tried desperately to reach her hoping that Assassins would come to her rescue but none did.<ref name="ACH Ch32"> But it was not Jeanne upon the stake, instead it was Fleur who came into contact with the French Assassins, with whom she devised a plan to save her idol. After an unconscious Jeanne was smuggled away from her cell the day of her execution, Fleur had the Assassins beat her until her face was unrecognizable and took her place at the stake.<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – Chapter 36</ref> She was then executed by [[Geoffroy Thérage]], who found in her remains the [[Heart]] of [[Sword of Eden 1|the Sword]] of [[Eden]]. Believing it to be "Jeanne"'s unburning heart, he threw it into the [[Seine]].<ref>''Assassin's Creed: Heresy'' – Chapter 34</ref>

==Appearances==
*''[[Assassin's Creed: Heresy]]''

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