A young, 30-year-old priest who is present at Joan’s trial. Courcelles helped assemble 64 charges against Joan, and he becomes annoyed when the Inquisitor dismisses all but 12 of them. He interrupts Joan’s trial multiple times to bring up some of these trite, insignificant charges, much to the annoyance of the Inquisitor and Cauchon.
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Thomas de Courcelles, Canon of Paris Character Timeline in Saint Joan
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Scene 6
...further convinces her interrogators of her heresy. Warwick leaves. Chaplain de Stogumber and Canon de Courcelles enter the courtroom. They are both agitated, having just learned that the 64 counts on...
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...pale. Before the trial can begin, Joan questions why she must be in chains, prompting Courcelles to remind her that she tried escape multiple times. In response to this, D’Estivet accuses...
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...Inquisitor she cannot tell “the whole truth” in court because only God can know all. Courcelles recommends that Joan be tortured if she doesn’t take the oath to tell the whole...
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