THE LIFE OF JOAN OF ARC

BY ANATOLE FRANCE

A TRANSLATION BY WINIFRED STEPHENS

IN TWO VOLS.

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LONDON: JOHN LANE, THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY: MCMIX

Transcriber's Note: In the original text, the name "Trémouille" is sometimes rendered as "Trémoïlle." In this e-text, the variant has been preserved as it appears in the original.

Volume I

CHAP.		PAGE
	Preface	v
	Introduction	vii
	List of Illustrations	lxxvii
I.	Childhood	1
II.	Voices	29
III.	First Visit to Vaucouleurs. Flight to Neufchâteau. Journey to Toul. Second Visit to Vaucouleurs	61
IV.	Journey to Nancy. Itinerary from Vaucouleurs to Sainte-Catherine-de-Fierbois	91
V.	The Siege of Orléans from the 12th of October, 1428, to the 6th of March, 1429	106
VI.	The Maid at Chinon—Prophecies	145
VII.	The Maid at Poitiers	187
VIII.	The Maid at Poitiers (continued)	204
IX.	The Maid at Tours	217
X.	The Siege of Orléans from the 7th of March to the 28th of April, 1429	230
XI.	The Maid at Blois. Letter to the English. Departure for Orléans	243
XII.	The Maid at Orléans	258
XIII.	The Taking of Les Tourelles and the Deliverance of Orléans	296
XIV.	The Maid at Tours and Selles-en-Berry. Treatises of Jacques Gélu and Jean Gerson	318
XV.	Taking of Jargeau. The Meung Bridge. Beaugency	345
XVI.	The Battle of Patay. Opinions of Italian and German Clerks. The Gien Army	368
XVII.	The Auxerre Convention. Friar Richard. The Surrender of Troyes	403
XVIII.	The Surrender of Châlons and of Reims. The Coronation	435
XIX.	Rise of the Legend	461
	Footnotes

Volume II

CHAP.		PAGE
	List of Illustrations	vii
I.	The Royal Army from Soissons to Compiègne. Poem and Prophecy	1
II.	The Maid's First Visit to Compiègne. The Three Popes. Saint-Denys. Truces	34
III.	The Attack on Paris	54
IV.	The Taking Of Saint-Pierre-le-Moustier. Friar Richard's Spiritual Daughters. The Siege of La Charité	78
V.	Letter to the Citizens of Reims. Letter to the Hussites. Departure from Sully	103
VI.	The Maid in the Trenches of Melun. Le Seigneur de l'Ours. The Child of Lagny	122
VII.	Soissons and Compiègne. Capture of the Maid	138
VIII.	The Maid at Beaulieu. The Shepherd of Gévaudan	156
IX.	The Maid at Beaurevoir. Catherine de la Rochelle at Paris. Execution of La Pierronne	170
X.	Beaurevoir. Arras. Rouen. The Trial for Lapse	188
XI.	The Trial for Lapse (continued)	227
XII.	The Trial for Lapse (continued)	264
XIII.	The Abjuration. The First Sentence	299
XIV.	The Trial for Relapse. Second Sentence. Death of the Maid	323
XV.	After the Death of the Maid. The End of the Shepherd. La Dame des Armoises	343
XVI.	After the Death of the Maid (continued). The Rouen Judges at the Council of Bâle and the Pragmatic Sanction. The Rehabilitation Trial. The Maid of Sarmaize. The Maid of Le Mans	378
	APPENDICES
I.	Letter from Doctor G. Dumas	401
II.	The Farrier of Salon	407
III.	Martin de Gallardon	413
IV.	Iconographical Note	420
	Footnotes