Joan of Arc
By: Philip Wilkinson
Series: QED great lives; QED great lives
Publisher: QED
Published: 2007
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
ISBN-13: 9781845383435
Subjects: Juvenile literature; Christian women saints; Biography; Christian saints; History; Saints; Women
Description: A biography of the young French woman who, inspired by visions from God, led the French army against English invaders, was burned at the stake as a heretic, and eventually was declared a saint. Suggested level: primary, intermediate.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (page 62) and index.
Table of contents: title: The girl from Domrémy: Farmer's daughter. Jeannette. Pious and pure. The Hundred Years' War. Beware raiders!. The voices; title: Joan's struggle: The journey to Chinon. Medieval women. Tried and tested. Preapring for battle; title: Joan at war: On the march. Medieval warfare. Victory!. Coronation. Trouble ahead. Captured; title: Prisoner and martyr: In prison. The medieval church. The trial. Burned at the stake. Changing their minds. Joan's legacy.