The name of the first of these two places points out to us that it is
the most ancient in Rouen; it is also the most considerable. It existed
in the XIth century, and was at that period, situated in the suburb.
Formerly, it covered a much larger space of ground than at present;
since, in the XVIth century, it occupied the whole of the ground
contained between the _rue du Vieux-Palais_, the church of Saint-Eloi
and Saint-Michael; the last mentioned church has disappeared within the
last few-years, and is replaced by a handsome building, which is named
the _Hotel Saint-Michel_. About the commencement of the XVIth century,
the houses in the neighbourhood of the church of Saint-Eloi and the _rue
du Vieux-Palais_, were erected; one of them still remains, it is the
Hotel da Bourgtheroulde, which I have already described. The old market
was thus divided, into two unequal parts. The spot where the innocent
_Joan of Arc_ was burnt in 1431, retains the name of _place de la
Pucelle_. It is also called _place du Marche-aux-Veaux_, on account of
its former destination. It is then on the old market place, that the
French heroine was sacrificed to the superstition of that age.