Jeanne d’Arc
by Mrs. Oliphant
St. Joan of Arc
In French Jeanne d’Arc;
Commonly known as la Pucelle (the Maid) by her contemporaries.
Preface
TO
Cousin Annie
(Mrs. Harry Coghill)
This book is inscribed
in love of our common heroine
and in remembrance of long and faithful
affection and friendship
Preparer’s Note
The original book for this text was published as a volume in a
series “Heroes of the Nations,” edited by Evelyn Abbot, M.H.,
Fellow of Balliol College, Oxford, and published by G.P. Putnam’s
Sons / The Knickerbocker Press in 1896. The title material
includes the note:
FACTA DUCIS VIVENT, OPEROSAQUE
GLORIA RERUM–OVID, IN LIVIAM, 265.
THE HERO’S DEEDS AND HARD-WON
FAME SHALL LIVE.
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Preface •
Chapter I - France in the Fifteenth Century. 1412-1423. •
Chapter II - Domremy and Vaucouleurs. 1424-1429. •
Chapter III - Before the King. Feb.-April, 1429. •
Chapter IV - The Relief of Orleans. May 1-8, 1429. •
Chapter V - The Campaign of the Loire. June, July, 1429. •
Chapter VI - The Coronation. July 17, 1429. •
Chapter VII - The Second Period. 1429-1430. •
Chapter VIII - Defeat and Discouragement. Autumn, 1429. •
Chapter IX - Compiègne. 1430. •
Chapter X - The Captive. May, 1430-Jan., 1431. •
Chapter XI - The Judges. 1431. •
Chapter XII - Before the Trial. Lent, 1431. •
Chapter XIII - The Public Examination. February, 1431. •
Chapter XIV - The Examination in Prison. Lent, 1431. •
Chapter XV - Re-Examination. March-May, 1431. •
Chapter XVI - The Abjuration. May 24, 1431. •
Chapter XVIII - The Sacrifice. May 31, 1431. •
Chapter XVIII - After.