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Joan of Arc : a history

Castor, Helen2015
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We all know the story of Joan of Arc. A peasant girl who hears voices from God. A warrior leading an army to victory, in an age that believes women cannot fight. The Maid of Orleans, and the saviour of France. Burned at the stake as a heretic at the age of just nineteen. Five hundred years later, a saint. Her case was heard in court twice over. One trial, in 1431, condemned her; the other, twenty-five years after her death, cleared her name. In the transcripts, we hear first-hand testimony from Joan, her family and her friends: a rare survival from the medieval world. What could be more revealing?
Main title:
Joan of Arc : a history / Helen Castor.
Author:
Imprint:
London : Faber & Faber, 2015.
Collation:
xiv, 328 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), map (colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780571284634 (pbk. :)
Dewey class:
944.026092944.026920 JOANB-JOA CASB JOA CAS
Local class:
944.026092
Language:
English
BRN:
1278267
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