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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Página xv
... finally frustrating them even though they won ; that she was not only young and female , but also a peasant , from the far frontier of the country she set out to save ; that thanks to transcripts of her trials we know more details of ...
... finally frustrating them even though they won ; that she was not only young and female , but also a peasant , from the far frontier of the country she set out to save ; that thanks to transcripts of her trials we know more details of ...
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... Finally , as a courtesy to her good friend Thiébault , Pernoud interrupted her schedule during a busy holiday season and went to the nearly empty Archives Nationales on December 24 just to glance through Jules Quicherat's nineteenth ...
... Finally , as a courtesy to her good friend Thiébault , Pernoud interrupted her schedule during a busy holiday season and went to the nearly empty Archives Nationales on December 24 just to glance through Jules Quicherat's nineteenth ...
Página xix
... finally as an agent more of the devil than of the English . But most astonishing is Michelet's excursus on the English , a “ great people ” distinguished by “ good and solid qualities , ” yet vitiated by their persistent vice of pride ...
... finally as an agent more of the devil than of the English . But most astonishing is Michelet's excursus on the English , a “ great people ” distinguished by “ good and solid qualities , ” yet vitiated by their persistent vice of pride ...
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... finally a pleasure to acknowledge the sound counsel on many points of the Comte de Saulieu , a scientifically rigorous expert on historical genealogy and an unfailingly kind friend . PRELUDE JEREMY DUQUESNAY ADAMS READERS MAY FIND ...
... finally a pleasure to acknowledge the sound counsel on many points of the Comte de Saulieu , a scientifically rigorous expert on historical genealogy and an unfailingly kind friend . PRELUDE JEREMY DUQUESNAY ADAMS READERS MAY FIND ...
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... finally superior to the office of pope . The restored Roman papacy , headed by a native Roman of ancient lineage , Martin V ( 1417–1431 ) , committed itself to undercutting this innovation at every turn . During the years of the schism ...
... finally superior to the office of pope . The restored Roman papacy , headed by a native Roman of ancient lineage , Martin V ( 1417–1431 ) , committed itself to undercutting this innovation at every turn . During the years of the schism ...
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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 |
CXXIV | 283 |
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