battle. She stayed to the rear to cover the retreat of her men, but ended up being pulled from her horse and captured. The man who had taken her prisoner sold her to John of Luxembourg .
             Joan's capture was met with strong reactions. The English badly wanted to discredit Joan, especially her claim that God directed her. If true this would mean that God favored the French over the English. England was a government dominated by Bishops who were led by a Cardinal. Any suggestion that God favored Joan's mission was intolerable. The Vicar General of the Inquisitor demanded that Joan be sent to Paris for trial on the grounds that she was a heretic and a witch. A letter had been sent from the University of Paris to the Pope in Rome accusing Joan of heresy because she pretended to predict the future.
             Although Joan was in reality a political prisoner of war, the English leadership wanted a trial that was conducted by the Church. Although the French people saw Joan as a hero and a saint, her name inspired fear and dread in the English people
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