Joan of Arc: Her StoryPalgrave Macmillan, 1999 M10 15 - 304 páginas The peasant girl who led an army against the English and placed Charles VII on the French throne has inspired countless books since her death at age 19. While others have claimed Joan the Maid (as she called herself) for every cause from feminism to working-class radicalism, this meticulous volume by two French scholars sticks close to the known facts. The authors make extensive use of contemporary documents that bring to life the turbulent political scene in which Joan operated as well as her forceful personality. Joan followed the directives of voices she believed were sent to her by God; her deep piety, self-assurance, decisiveness, and shrewd intelligence radiate from her letters and from her responses to hostile questioning at the rigged trial that resulted in her being burned alive as a heretic in 1431. General readers may be intimidated at first by a detailed narrative studded with lengthy quotations, but those who persevere will discover a story all the more moving because it is not manipulated to make a modern-day point. This English translation updates the 1986 French volume's bibliography, supplements the biographies in part 2 with sketches of historical figures less familiar outside of France, and generally makes the book more accessible for English-language readers. --Wendy Smith. |
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... presents what is known with relative certainty about the inexhaustibly fascinating Joan of Arc . The historian is caught up in hesitations , dilemmas , and questions at every step in the narrative recounting the deeds of this girl who ...
... presents what is known with relative certainty about the inexhaustibly fascinating Joan of Arc . The historian is caught up in hesitations , dilemmas , and questions at every step in the narrative recounting the deeds of this girl who ...
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... presents the story of one of the most surprising lives known to history from the perspective of documentary evidence . Words like " myth , ” " legend , " and " folklore " dominate writings about Joan , though historians do not generally ...
... presents the story of one of the most surprising lives known to history from the perspective of documentary evidence . Words like " myth , ” " legend , " and " folklore " dominate writings about Joan , though historians do not generally ...
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... presents a curious problem . We are quite used to reading that Usamah ibn - Munqidh was the name of a Muslim Syrian nobleman who wrote about contemporary crusaders , although scholars of Islamic studies will argue about the placement of ...
... presents a curious problem . We are quite used to reading that Usamah ibn - Munqidh was the name of a Muslim Syrian nobleman who wrote about contemporary crusaders , although scholars of Islamic studies will argue about the placement of ...
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Contenido
VI | 9 |
VII | 15 |
VIII | 33 |
IX | 53 |
X | 69 |
XI | 89 |
XII | 103 |
XIII | 139 |
LXIX | 207 |
LXXII | 208 |
LXXIV | 210 |
LXXV | 211 |
LXXVI | 212 |
LXXVIII | 213 |
LXXXIV | 214 |
LXXXVI | 215 |
XIV | 159 |
XV | 165 |
XVI | 167 |
XVII | 168 |
XVIII | 170 |
XIX | 172 |
XX | 173 |
XXI | 174 |
XXIII | 175 |
XXIV | 176 |
XXV | 177 |
XXVIII | 178 |
XXX | 179 |
XXXII | 180 |
XXXIII | 181 |
XXXIV | 183 |
XXXVI | 184 |
XXXVII | 185 |
XXXVIII | 187 |
XXXIX | 188 |
XL | 189 |
XLII | 190 |
XLIII | 191 |
XLVIII | 192 |
XLIX | 193 |
LI | 197 |
LV | 198 |
LVIII | 200 |
LXI | 201 |
LXII | 202 |
LXIII | 203 |
LXIV | 205 |
LXVII | 206 |
LXXXIX | 216 |
XCIII | 217 |
XCV | 219 |
XCVI | 220 |
XCVII | 221 |
XCVIII | 222 |
C | 224 |
CI | 225 |
CII | 226 |
CIII | 228 |
CIV | 230 |
CV | 231 |
CVI | 233 |
CVIII | 235 |
CIX | 237 |
CX | 240 |
CXI | 243 |
CXII | 245 |
CXIV | 247 |
CXV | 265 |
CXVI | 275 |
CXVIII | 276 |
CXIX | 277 |
CXX | 278 |
CXXI | 280 |
CXXII | 281 |
CXXIII | 282 |
CXXIV | 283 |
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