Gilles (Gilles de Retz) de Rais
1404–40
French noble. Breton baron, marshal of France. Fought several battles with Joan of Arc; retired to Brittany after her capture. Arrested in 1440 and tried before both ecclesiastical and civil courts for Satanism, abduction, and child murder. Condemned for heresy and sentenced to death for murder by the civil court.
Source
EB (1970)
Bibliography
EB (1970): Encyclopaedia Britannica. 24 vols. Chicago and London: Encyclopaedia Britannica. 1970.
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