Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
Joan of Arc (French: Jeanne d'Arc [ʒan daʁk] ⓘ; Middle French: Jehanne Darc [ʒəˈãnə ˈdark]; c. 1412 – 30 May 1431) is a patron saint of France, honored as a defender of the French nation for her role in the siege of Orléans and her insistence on the coronation of Charles VII of France during the Hundred Years' War. Claiming to be ...
Personal Recollections of Joan of Arc, by the Sieur Louis de Conte is an 1896 novel by Mark Twain which recounts the life of Joan of Arc.. The novel is presented as a translation by "Jean Francois Alden" of memoirs by Sieur Louis de Conte, a fictionalized version of Joan of Arc's page Louis de Contes.
Main page; Contents; Current events; Random article; About Wikipedia; Contact us; Donate
Jeanne d'Arc (Frémiet) Jeanne d'Arc (video game) Jeanne d'Arc au bûcher; Joan (Alexander McQueen collection) Joan of Arc (poem) Joan of Arc at the Coronation of Charles VII; Joan of Arc by Herself and Her Witnesses; Joan of Arc: Siege & the Sword; Joan of Arc: The Image of Female Heroism; Joan of Lorraine
The Joan of Arc category consists of those articles related to the story and history of the 15th-century French peasant girl who played a pivotal, though brief, role in the later stages of the Hundred Years' War.
Saint Joan of Arc is a biography of Joan of Arc by Vita Sackville-West first published in New York and London in 1936. The Grove Press (New York City) re-issue of 2001 runs to 395 pages including appendices which collate the events of Joan's life, present a chronological table and give a bibliography of related pre-1936 works. [citation needed
From The Book of Deeds of Arms and of Chivalry by Christine de Pizan . Le Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc ("The Tale of Joan of Arc", sometimes called "The Song of Joan of Arc") is a patriotic lyrical verse, and the last work of the medieval French poet Christine de Pizan, who lived from 1364 to about 1430 AD.
The figure of Joan of Arc represents both a common person and a child that was free from society's corruption. [11] Between the editions, however, Southey's understanding of politics and religion began to change, and this is reflected in the changes of Joan of Arc for the second edition. Joan was originally a character that had a natural ...