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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... later interpretations ) , and the Appendices ( Joan's letters and a chronological itinerary ) will interest not only the general reader who wishes to go deeper in any given direction but also the committed student of the later European ...
... later interpretations ) , and the Appendices ( Joan's letters and a chronological itinerary ) will interest not only the general reader who wishes to go deeper in any given direction but also the committed student of the later European ...
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... later speech and deeds . Chapter 1 of part I opens , for example , with an account of the way in which the rumor of Joan's mission , swiftly followed by Joan herself , reached the dauphin's court at Chinon . The most extended report of ...
... later speech and deeds . Chapter 1 of part I opens , for example , with an account of the way in which the rumor of Joan's mission , swiftly followed by Joan herself , reached the dauphin's court at Chinon . The most extended report of ...
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... later , still perched high on a ladder in the stacks , she heard the janitor insist politely but firmly that he had to close the library ; everyone else had left hours ago . Clutching all five volumes of Quicherat's cornerstone edition ...
... later , still perched high on a ladder in the stacks , she heard the janitor insist politely but firmly that he had to close the library ; everyone else had left hours ago . Clutching all five volumes of Quicherat's cornerstone edition ...
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... later adaptations of these public visions , French fascism tried to enlist Joan in the cause of anti - Semitism , and the Vichy government appealed to her execution as a rallying point for resistance to the English and their allies ...
... later adaptations of these public visions , French fascism tried to enlist Joan in the cause of anti - Semitism , and the Vichy government appealed to her execution as a rallying point for resistance to the English and their allies ...
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... later became obsessed by guilt for this violation of the laws of chivalry . The dynamic Henry V died in 1422 , but his brother , the duke of Bedford ( II , 9 ) , prosecuted the war in a vigorous manner , greatly assisted by his alliance ...
... later became obsessed by guilt for this violation of the laws of chivalry . The dynamic Henry V died in 1422 , but his brother , the duke of Bedford ( II , 9 ) , prosecuted the war in a vigorous manner , greatly assisted by his alliance ...
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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 |
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