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=== Cardinal d'Estouteville's intervention of 1452 ===
This argument, that the condemnation of Joan had stained the king's honor, was enthusiastically taken up two years later withby a man keen to make a good impression of Charles VII—the cardinal [[Guillaume d'Estouteville]]. D'Estouteville was the [[Papal legate]] in France appointed by [[Pope Nicholas V]] in 1451 to negotiate an Anglo-French peace. His commission was hampered by two things: the ongoing success of the French army in throwing the English out of Normandy, and the ongoing debates about the [[Pragmatic Sanction of Bourges]].<ref>Vale, ''Charles VII'', p. 62.</ref>
 
D'Estouteville had a number of reasons to take up the cause of Joan's rehabilitation. Firstly, his family had been devoted partisans in the cause of Charles VII in Normandy, losing land during the English occupation. Secondly, he desired to clear the king's name by ending any association with a convicted [[heresy|heretic]]. Finally, he was anxious to demonstrate his loyalty to his homeland, and to support his sovereign in any matter that did not impact upon the pope's traditional rights.<ref name="auto2">Vale, ''Charles VII'', p. 63.</ref>
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