# Beaupere — Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc character guide

> Beaupere in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain.

**Role:** supporting

**First appearance:** 0062-v-fifty-experts-against-a-novice

## Snapshot

A leading inquisitor at Joan's trial, patient and precise, whose quiet questions are designed to trap a girl who speaks only from conviction.

## Who they are

Beaupere sits among the learned men who will judge Joan, and his manner is calm where others are hostile. He probes her voices and her faith with the patience of a man who trusts procedure more than revelation. His presence signals the shift from battlefield to courtroom, where the same steadfastness that won Orleans will be turned against her.

## Relationships

### [Joan of Arc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/joan_of_arc)

_rivalry_

Beaupere was a Dominican friar and inquisitor who interrogated Joan harshly during her trial.

### [Joan of Arc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/joan_of_arc)

_rivalry_

Beaupere was a Dominican friar and inquisitor who interrogated Joan harshly during her trial.

### [Joan of Arc](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/characters/joan_of_arc)

_rivalry_

Beaupere was a Dominican friar and inquisitor who interrogated Joan harshly during her trial.

## In the story

### [The Maid Baffles Her Persecutors](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/vi-the-maid-baffles-her-persecutors)

A doctor of theology who leads the day's inquest; uses deceptive questions and traps, including a failed attempt to catch Joan on a feast-day attack.

### [Craft That Was in Vain](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/vii-craft-that-was-in-vain)

Conducts the examination, questions Joan about her Voices, childhood, and apparel, and sets the trap regarding Grace.

### [Joan Tells of Her Visions](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/viii-joan-tells-of-her-visions)

Beaupere conducts much of the questioning, focusing on Joan's visions, male attire, and the sword of Fierbois, seeking contradictions or evidence of diabolical influence.

### [X: The Inquisitors at Their Wits’ End](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/x-the-inquisitors-at-their-wits-end)

One of the inquisitors, participating in the volley of questions.

### [Our Last Hopes of Rescue Fail](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/xix-our-last-hopes-of-rescue-fail)

Implied to be aware of Cauchon's scheme.

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