The Maid of France: Being the Story of the Life and Death of Jeanne D' Arc

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Cosimo, Inc., 1. 6. 2007. - 380 страница
1909. While best known for his translations of classical literature and as a collector of folk and fairy tales, Lang also wrote poetry, biographies, histories, novels, literary criticisms and even children's books. In this work, Lang gives both the believer's and the skeptic's side as to the explanation of Joan of Arc's experiences. See other titles by this author available from Kessinger Publishing.

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INTRODUCTION
1
THE TASK of Jeanne dARC II DOMREMY PROPHECIEs Faith and Fairies
14
THE FIRST VOICES AND VISIONS
35
DOMREMY IN TIME Of
43
THE MISSion AnnounceD JEANNE At Neufchâteau
52
THE SIEGE OF ORLEANS BEGUN
58
JEANNES Second Visit to Vaucouleurs
64
CHINON THE KINGS SECRET
73
CHAP PAGE
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THE NEW ST CATHERINE AT POITIERS
88
JEANNE AT TOURS MARCH TO ORLEANS
95
THE MAIDS VICTORIES AT ORLEANS
106
THE TAKING OF THE TOURELLES
116
AFTER ORLEANS
125
THE Week of VictORIES
138
THE RIDE TO REIMS
150
THE Campaign of Dupes
165
THE FAILURE AT PARIS
179
THE AUTUMN CAMPAIGN
188
JEANNES LAST CAMPAIGN
198
THE LAST DAY UNDer Arms
207
CAPTIVITY
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THE TRIALI
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Страница 14 - To reject abundance of sworn evidence because it conflicts with a critic's personal idea of what is probable or possible is not the method of history, and will not be adopted in this book. Much less will I reject, for instance, the evidence of Jeanne herself on any point, and give a fanciful theory of my own as to what really occurred. If there are incidents in her career which science, so far, cannot explain, I shall not therefore regard them as false. Science may be able to explain them on some...
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Andrew Lang was born at Selkirk in Scotland on March 31, 1844. He was a historian, poet, novelist, journalist, translator, and anthropologist, in connection with his work on literary texts. He was educated at Edinburgh Academy, St. Andrews University, and Balliol College, Oxford University, becoming a fellow at Merton College. His poetry includes Ballads and Lyrics of Old France (1872), Ballades in Blue China (1880--81), and Grass of Parnassus (1888--92). His anthropology and his defense of the value of folklore as the basis of religion is expressed in his works Custom and Myth (1884), Myth, Ritual and Religion (1887), and The Making of Religion (1898). He also translated Homer and critiqued James G. Frazer's views of mythology as expressed in The Golden Bough. He was considered a good historian, with a readable narrative style and knowledge of the original sources including his works A History of Scotland (1900-7), James VI and the Gowrie Mystery (1902), and Sir George Mackenzie (1909). He was one of the most important collectors of folk and fairy tales. His collections of Fairy books, including The Blue Fairy Book, preserved and handed down many of the better-known folk tales from the time. He died of angina pectoris on July 20, 1912.

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