Raymonde Arsen

Raymonde Arsen née Vital was a servant in the Comté de Foix in the early fourteenth century.

She was made notable by appearing in Emmanuel Le Roy Ladurie's Montaillou.

Born in Prades d'Aillon to a poor peasant family in 1306 she left to work in the home of Bonet de la Coste in town Pamiers.

She lived in a small barn and her primary duties were baking bread and washing clothes.

In 1324 she was sentenced by the Inquisition to wear the yellow cross forever as a punishment.