The virgin warrior : the life and death of Joan of Arc / Larissa Juliet Taylor.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taylor, Larissa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.

Joan.

Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431--Military leadership.

Christian women saints--France--Biography.

Christian women saints.

Women soldiers--France--Biography.

Women soldiers.

France--History--Charles VII, 1422-1461.

France.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (320 p.)

Place of Publication:

New Haven : Yale University Press, c2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

France's great heroine and England's great scourge: whether a lunatic, a witch, a religious icon, or a skilled soldier and leader, Joan of Arc's contemporaries found her as extraordinary and fascinating as the legends that abound about her today. But her life has been so endlessly cast and recast that we have lost sight of the remarkable girl at the heart of it-a teenaged peasant girl who, after claiming to hear voices, convinced the French king to let her lead a disheartened army into battle. In the process she changed the course of European history.In The Virgin Warrior, Larissa Juliet Taylor paints a vivid portrait of Joan as a self-confident, charismatic and supremely determined figure, whose sheer force of will electrified those around her and struck terror into the hearts of the English soldiers and leaders. The drama of Joan's life is set against a world where visions and witchcraft were real, where saints could appear to peasants, battles and sieges decided the fate of kingdoms and rigged trials could result in burning at the stake. Yet in her short life, Joan emboldened the French soldiers and villagers with her strength and resolve. A difficult, inflexible leader, she defied her accusers and enemies to the end. From her early years to the myths and fantasies that have swelled since her death, Taylor teases out a nuanced and engaging story of the truly irresistible &quote;ordinary&quote; girl who rescued France.

Contents:

Jehannette

The mission

The making of the maid

The siege of Orléans

"She would only last a year"

The King and the maid

Captivity

Judging the maid

From fear of the fire

Vindication

"That astonishing and marvelous maid"

Appendix A. The immediate family of Joan of Arc

Appendix B. The sources

Appendix C. Witnesses interviewed

Appendix D. Principal characters.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9786613601032

9781280571435

1280571438

9780300161298

0300161298

OCLC:

1059166401