Talk:Philippe-Alexandre Le Brun de Charmettes

message: ===A contemporary review ===
In a first extract [...] we expressed in the author's own words the indignation by which he was transfixed, considering the indifference of the French writers to interesting details that could offer the history of a heroine to whom the safety of France is due. In this extract we will summarize the research he made to demonstrate this ingratitude. The historian collected information on her early years at Vaucouleurs, a small old town in Champagne (France), near its hamlet of Domremi, where Jeanne d'Arc was born(*).  He got the details of her heroic life from the interrogations at the time of her infamous prosecution, in her answers to the interrogations, in the many depositions taken in the course of the case; in Joan of Arc's letter to the regent and the generals who made up the government of Orleans, and which are referred to in the judgment and in the town chronicle; in another letter which she wrote to the Duke of Burgundy, the original of which, filed in the exchequer before the revolution, is still in the prefecture records; and finally in an answer she made on August 22, 1427 in an undated letter to the Count of Armagnac. The letter and the answer are referred to in the judgment. The historian has set out or carefully described these authentic and original items to shed some light on their contents by subjecting them to a judicious criticism as the base of the narrative. The only historical work which it has used for certain facts is the handwritten history of Joan of Arc by Edmont Richer, the only historian to whom it gives credit in theological aspects. It is thanks to the great work of Mr. Le Brun de Charmettes delivered himself that it took the feather with confidence, and which must inspire it to its readers.  In subsequent articles we will report some most remarkable or interesting features of its narration.
(*) History leads us to believe that the surname of her father Jacques came from the the small town of Arc en Barois, near Selonds, where he was born.
Anne97432 20:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Joan of Arc

message: In a first extract [...] we expressed in the author's own words the indignation by which he was transfixed, considering the indifference of the French writers to interesting details that could offer the history of a heroine to whom the safety of France is due. In this extract we will summarize the research he made to demonstrate this ingratitude. The historian collected information on her early years at Vaucouleurs, a small old town in Champagne (France), near its hamlet of Domremi, where Jeanne d'Arc was born(*).  He got the details of her heroic life from the interrogations at the time of her infamous prosecution, in her answers to the interrogations, in the many depositions taken in the course of the case; in Joan of Arc's letter to the regent and the generals who made up the government of Orleans, and which are referred to in the judgment and in the town chronicle; in another letter which she wrote to the Duke of Burgundy, the original of which, filed in the exchequer before the revolution, is still in the prefecture records; and finally in an answer she made on August 22, 1427 in an undated letter to the Count of Armagnac. The letter and the answer are referred to in the judgment. The historian has set out or carefully described these authentic and original items to shed some light on their contents by subjecting them to a judicious criticism as the base of the narrative. The only historical work which it has used for certain facts is the handwritten history of Joan of Arc by Edmont Richer, the only historian to whom it gives credit in theological aspects. It is thanks to the great work of Mr. Le Brun de Charmettes delivered himself that it took the feather with confidence, and which must inspire it to its readers.  In subsequent articles we will report some most remarkable or interesting features of its narration.
(*) History leads us to believe that the surname of her father Jacques came from the the small town of Arc en Barois, near Selonds, where he was born.
Anne97432 20:34, 16 September 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: A contemporary review