# Jean de Malestroit — Là-Bas character guide

> Jean de Malestroit in Là-Bas by J.-K. Huysmans.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** de Malestroit, Jean

**First appearance:** 0000-i

## Who they are

A historical bishop involved in the trial of Gilles de Rais.

## Relationships

### [Gilles de Rais](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/l_bas_se/characters/gilles_de_rais)

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Gilles de Rais and Jean de Malestroit are depicted as historical figures in a lord-vassal or ecclesiastical relationship during the trial.

### [Gilles de Rais](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/l_bas_se/characters/gilles_de_rais)

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Gilles de Rais and Jean de Malestroit are depicted as historical figures in a lord-vassal or ecclesiastical relationship during the trial.

### [Gilles de Rais](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/l_bas_se/characters/gilles_de_rais)

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Gilles de Rais and Jean de Malestroit are depicted as historical figures in a lord-vassal or ecclesiastical relationship during the trial.

## In the story

### [XVIII](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/l_bas_se/chapters/xviii)

Presides over the trial, grants Gilles's request to confess, and later raises and embraces the repentant Gilles.

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