# Nicolas Loyseleur — Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc character guide

> Nicolas Loyseleur in Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc by Mark Twain.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** Loyseleur, false Loyseleur

**First appearance:** 0060-iii-weaving-the-net-about-her

## Who they are

A treacherous priest who spies on Joan in prison.

## Relationships

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

_psychological_

Nicolas Loyseleur was a priest who pretended to be a friend but secretly acted as a spy and manipulator for Joan's enemies.

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

_psychological_

Nicolas Loyseleur was a priest who pretended to be a friend but secretly acted as a spy and manipulator for Joan's enemies.

## In the story

### [Book III: Trial and Martyrdom](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/book-iii-trial-and-martyrdom)

A false priest who betrays Joan by pretending to be a friend.

### [III: Weaving the Net About Her](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/iii-weaving-the-net-about-her)

Sent by the University of Paris, pretends to be a patriot and priest to extract Joan's confession secrets.

### [Her Sure Deliverance Foretold](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/ix-her-sure-deliverance-foretold)

Implied as the source of information about the sign given to the King, used by the tribunal.

### [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, part of the court's efforts to entrap Joan.

### [XIII: The Third Trial Fails](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/xiii-the-third-trial-fails)

Mentioned as part of the court's 'reptiles' from which Joan could choose counsel.

### [XVI: Joan Stands Defiant Before the Rack](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/xvi-joan-stands-defiant-before-the-rack)

One of the two who voted with Cauchon for torture, depicted as a false and cruel figure.

### [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)

Smuggled into Joan's presence to persuade her to submit to the Church.

### [The Betrayal](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/xx-the-betrayal)

Urges Joan to abjure with false assurances, then praises her for signing, complicit in the betrayal.

### [XXIV: Joan the Martyr](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/personal_recollections_of_joan_of_arc_se/chapters/xxiv-joan-the-martyr)

The treacherous priest who betrayed Joan; he begs her forgiveness on the way to the stake, and she grants it.

## Links

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