⚔️ The Glitched Gavel S01E12: The Church vs. The Maid (The Trials and Nullification of Joan of Arc)

Gavel (The Narrator/Prosecutor): "Rouen, France, 1431. The Hundred Years’ War was defined by this 19-year-old peasant girl, Joan of Arc, who claimed divine guidance and led armies to victory. But she was captured, betrayed, and handed over to an English-backed ecclesiastical court. This week, we examine the corrupted primary record of her trial for heresy and the subsequent trial 25 years later that reversed the verdict." (The faint sound of a roaring medieval crowd gives way to a low, rhythmic tolling of a church bell, distorted by static.)

Static (The Analyst/Defense): "The first trial was a sham designed for execution, not justice. Presided over by Bishop Pierre Cauch ...