Joan of Arc a history
"The story of one of the most remarkable women of the medieval world, as you have never read it before. In Joan of Arch : a history, Helen Castor tells this gripping story afresh: forwards, not backwards. Instead of an icon, she gives us a living, breathing woman confronting the challenges of faith...
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| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Harper,
2015.
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| Edition: | First U. S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Cast of characters
- Family trees
- Maps
- Introduction: "Joan of Arc"
- Prologue: The field of blood
- Part One. Before
- This war, accursed of God
- Like another Messiah
- Desolate and divided
- Part Two. Joan
- The maid
- Like an angel from God
- A heart greater than any man's
- A creature in the form of a woman
- I will be with you soon
- A simple maid
- Fear of the fire
- Part Three. After
- Those who called themselves Frenchmen
- She was all innocence
- Epilogue: "Saint Joan".
