The Last Days of Jeanne D'Arc

The Last Days of Jeanne D'Arc
Author: Ali Alizadeh
Publisher:
Total Pages: 300
Release: 2017-11-29
Genre:
ISBN: 9781525266669

"Jeanne is a young woman from rural France. She's a knight who wears men's clothing. The English call her Joan of Arc. Jeanne has led France to victory in epic battles. She hears ghostly voices and has unspeakable desires. The English want to burn her. Her king has abandoned her. Her heart has been broken. Her heart cannot be burnt. This is her story, and the story of her beloved. Ali Alizadeh's novel The Last Days of Jeanne d'Arc is a provocative new portrait of the life of one of history's most fascinating figures. Countless books have been written about the young Frenchwoman who claimed to hear the voices of saints, led the armies of France in the war against England in the Middle Ages, and was captured and burnt for heresy by her enemies. Based on a rigorous study of the historical material, The Last Days of Jeanne d'Arc provides the first serious dramatisation of Jeanne's sexuality. Alizadeh uses an innovative storytelling technique that weaves together multiple narrative perspectives to tell the story of a courageous young woman who, driven by a passion for justice and forbidden desire, changes the course of Western history."

Joan of Arc by Herself and Her Witnesses

Joan of Arc by Herself and Her Witnesses
Author: Régine Pernoud
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 317
Release: 1994
Genre: Christian saints
ISBN: 0812812603

An historical biography of fifteenth-century saint and national heroine of France, Joan of Arc, that relies on the letters and testimony given at her trial.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Saint Joan (of Arc)
Publisher: Books
Total Pages: 196
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781885983084

Compiled and translated by Willard Trask, with an historical afterword by Sir Edward Creasy.

Joan of Arc: Her Story

Joan of Arc: Her Story
Author: Regine Pernoud
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1999-10-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780312227302

In a distinguished English translation, the bestselling French book now considered the standard biography of Joan published just in time for the upcoming film by Luc Besson.

The Trial of Jeanne d'Arc (Routledge Revivals)

The Trial of Jeanne d'Arc (Routledge Revivals)
Author: W. P. Barrett
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 364
Release: 2014-01-09
Genre: History
ISBN: 1317821335

First published in 1931, this is the first unabridged English translation of the documents pertaining to the trial of Joan of Arc. The basis of the translation is drawn from an edition of the text published in 1841 by Jules Quicherat, but elements are also derived from a number of the manuscripts originally translated into Latin. As notes were taken daily by several scribes, the text provides important insight into the trial, its chronology and its major players, as well as Joan’s character and intellect. With a detailed introduction and beautiful illustrations, this is a fascinating reissue that will be of value to students of medieval history, particularly those with an interest in medieval hagiography, heresy during the fourteenth century, ecclesiastical law and the practice of Church courts.

The Story of Joan of Arc

The Story of Joan of Arc
Author: Andrew Lang
Publisher: Jazzybee Verlag
Total Pages: 49
Release: 1924
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 3849672530

Joan of Arc was perhaps the most wonderful person who ever lived in the world. The story of her life is so strange that we could scarcely believe it to be true, if all that happened to her had not been told by people in a court of law, and written down by her deadly enemies, while she was still alive. She was burned to death when she was only nineteen: she was not seventeen when she first led the armies of France to victory, and delivered her country from the English.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Jules Michelet
Publisher:
Total Pages: 252
Release: 1858
Genre:
ISBN:

Who Was Joan of Arc?

Who Was Joan of Arc?
Author: Pam Pollack
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 112
Release: 2016-03-01
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0399542949

Joan of Arc was born in a small French village during the worst period of the Hundred Years' War. For generations, France had been besieged by the British. At age 11, Joan began to see religious visions telling her to join forces with the King of France. By the time she was a teenager, she was leading troops into battle in the name of her country. Though she was captured and executed for her beliefs, Joan of Arc became a Catholic saint and has since captured the world's imagination.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Mary Gordon
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 212
Release: 2008-07-29
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780143113973

"A master of the story form" (The New York Times) offers a fresh, revealing portrait of the legendary saint Celebrated novelist Mary Gordon brings Joan of Arc alive as a complex figure full of contradictions and desires, as well as spiritual devotion. A humble peasant girl, Joan transformed herself into the legendary Maid of Orléans, knight, martyr, and saint. Following the voice of God, she led an army to victory and crowned the king of France, only to be captured and burned at the stake as a heretic—all by the age of nineteen. Gordon does more than tell this gripping story—she explores Joan's mystery and the many facets of her inspiring life.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author:
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526112795

This sourcebook collects together for the first time in English the major documents relating to the life and contemporary reputation of Joan of Arc. Also known as La Pucelle, she led a French Army against the English in 1429, arguably turning the course of the war in favour of the French king Charles VII. The fact that she achieved all of this when just a seventeen-year-old peasant girl highlights the magnitude of her achievements and also opens up other ways of looking at her story. For many, Joan represents the voice of ordinary people in the fifteenth century; the victims of high politics and warfare that devastated France. Her story ended tragically in 1431 when she was put on trial for heresy and sorcery by an ecclesiastical court and was burned at the stake. This book shows how the trial, which was organised by her enemies, provides an important window into late medieval attitudes towards religion and gender, as Joan was effectively persecuted by the established Church for her supposedly non-conformist views on spirituality and the role of women. Presented within a contextual and critical framework, this book encourages scholars and students to rethink this remarkable story. It will be invaluable reading for those working in the fields of medieval society and heresy, as well as the Hundred Years’ War.