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1 online resource (382 pages) : illustrations (chiefly color) |
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| Contents |
In the beginning was the Word -- By angels' speech and tongue -- A small, nay, the least, thing -- The king's treasure -- Who is this then, that wind and seas obey? -- Surrender to the maid -- A leaping stag -- Black horseman -- The golden cloak -- The tower keep -- A heart that would not burn -- Life everlasting. |
| Summary |
-- Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured, the superb novelist and memoirist Kathryn Harrison gives us a Joan for our time--a shining exemplar of unshakable faith, extraordinary courage, and self-confidence during a brutally rigged ecclesiastical inquisition and in the face of her death by burning. Deftly weaving historical fact, myth, folklore, artistic representations, and centuries of scholarly and critical interpretation into a compelling narrative, she restores Joan of Arc to her rightful position as one of the greatest heroines in all of human history. |
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A fully documented portrait of the fifteenth-century peasant-turned-saint draws on historical facts, folklore, and centuries of critical interpretation to evaluate the questions attributed to her character. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 355-360) and index. |
| System Details |
Requires Boundless App. |
| Subject |
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.
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Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431. |
| Chronological Term |
1422-1461 |
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Christian saints -- France -- Biography.
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Christian saints. |
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France -- History -- Charles VII, 1422-1461.
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France. |
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Electronic books. |
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Biography.
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History.
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| Other Form: |
Electronic reproduction of (manifestation): Harrison, Kathryn. Joan of Arc New York : Doubleday, [2014] 9780385531207 (DLC) 2014005921 (OCoLC)868199527 |
| ISBN |
9780385531221 : $50.85 |
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0385531222 : $50.85 |
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