| Description |
1 online resource (xxv, 251 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-242) and index. |
| 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. |
| Summary |
"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."--Inside jacket. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431.
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Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431. |
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Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Military leadership.
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Command of troops. |
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Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431. |
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Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Military leadership. |
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Jeanne d'Arc. |
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Christian women saints -- France -- Biography.
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Christian women saints. |
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France. |
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Biographies.
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Women soldiers -- France -- Biography.
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Women soldiers. |
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France -- History -- Charles VII, 1422-1461.
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| Chronological Term |
1422-1461 |
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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History.
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Biographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Taylor, Larissa. Virgin warrior. New Haven : Yale University Press, ©2009 9780300114584 (DLC) 2009007424 (OCoLC)310959842 |
| ISBN |
9780300161298 (electronic book) |
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0300161298 (electronic book) |
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9780300114584 |
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0300114583 |
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