Perspectives in History

Joan of Arc Part 1: A Kingdom in Turmoil


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In the 90th year of the Hundred Years' War, a French peasant girl named Joan sets out from her home, claiming that voices from heaven have instructed her to seek out the rightful king of France and help him take his throne.

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Bibliography:

Allmand, Christopher. The Hundred Years War: England and France at War C.1300-c. 1450. Cambridge University Press, 1998.

Green, David. The Hundred Years War: a People's History. Yale University Press, 2015.

Pernoud, Régine, et al. Joan of Arc: Her Story. St. Martin's Press, 1998.

Pernoud, Régine. Joan of Arc, by Herself and Her Witness. Scarborough House, 1982.

Shopkow, Leah. Joan of Arc: Documents. University of Indiana, https://dmdhist.sitehost.iu.edu.

Cover Image: Jeanne D'Arc, painting by Albert Lynch, 1903.

Opening Theme: Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 by Antonín Dvořák.

Closing Theme: "Les Terres Saintes" performed by the Choeur D'Chantérac.

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