Joan of Arc
Subtitle: Her Story
Contributors: Jeremy duQuesnay Adams (Translator)
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
Published: October 15, 1999
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780312227302
Subjects: Christian women saints; History; Biography/Autobiography; Biography; Religious; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; Historical - General; France; Charles VII, 1422-1461; Women; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; 1412-1431; Joan,; of Arc, Saint,
First sentence: READERS MAY FIND USEFUL a rapid sketch of two great crises that shaped Joan's historical moment, the Hundred Years War and the Great Schism of the Western church.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Régine Pernoud; title: Preface / Jeremy duQuesnay Adams; title: Prelude / Jeremy duQuesnay Adams; title: Part I : The drama.; title: Her story begins; title: Joan meets her Dauphin; title: Joan and the victory at Orléans; title: Her Dauphin anointed King at Reims; title: Intrigue, frustration, and capture; title: Joan the prisoner; title: Joan's trial and execution at Rouen; title: The verdict of Rouen nullified; title: Joan as memory; title: Part II : The cast of principal characters.; title: The three noble princes; title: Their subjects; title: Her judges at Rouen; title: Part III : Issues and images; title: Appendices.; title: The letters of Joan of Arc; title: Chronology and itinerary; title: Maps and plans