Joan of ARC: Warrior Saint of France

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Warrior saint Joan of Arc was able to save her native France during the Hundred Years War. Born to a poor family, Joan of Arc claimed that saints commanded her to save France and restore the rightful king to his throne. Through her spiritual and military leadership and tireless determination, she made sure Charles VII was crowned king at Reims, France. She became a hero to the common people, but the king's advisors did not trust her leadership. Captured and imprisoned by the English, Joan of Arc was burned at the...
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Overview

Warrior saint Joan of Arc was able to save her native France during the Hundred Years War. Born to a poor family, Joan of Arc claimed that saints commanded her to save France and restore the rightful king to his throne. Through her spiritual and military leadership and tireless determination, she made sure Charles VII was crowned king at Reims, France. She became a hero to the common people, but the king's advisors did not trust her leadership. Captured and imprisoned by the English, Joan of Arc was burned at the stake. However, her name and message would live forever. Follow Paul B. Thompson as he takes the reader through her amazing journey from poor peasant girl to sainthood.
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School Library Journal

Gr 7-9
Joan of Arc is such a fascinating character, it's not surprising that countless books have been written about her. What is surprising is how inept, inadequate, and/or inappropriate most of them are, including this one. The book is visually attractive, thorough, and complete, but the writing is wordy and repetitious, and uses difficult, undefined terms. The maps are helpful-as far as they go-but many places mentioned in the narrative are omitted. There are major discrepancies between the text and chronology, along with other internal inconsistencies. The footnoting is atrocious, with numerous citations so badly distorted from their sources that one has to question the author's scholarship and judgment. Fortunately, Polly Schoyer Brooks's Beyond the Myth (Houghton, 1999) is still in print and is interesting, thoughtful, and exceptionally well written. Jim Whiting's The Life and Times of Joan of Arc (Mitchell Lane, 2005) is serviceable, and William W. Lace's Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years' War in World History (Enslow, 2003) is detailed but dry.
—Ann W. MooreCopyright 2006 Reed Business Information.

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Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780766027169
  • Publisher: Enslow Publishers, Incorporated
  • Publication date: 6/28/2007
  • Series: Rulers of the Middle Ages Series
  • Format: Library Binding
  • Pages: 160
  • Age range: 14 - 17 Years
  • Product dimensions: 6.82 (w) x 9.30 (h) x 0.52 (d)

Table of Contents


Fate or Betrayal?     5
The Hundred Years War     13
From Domremy to Dauphin     27
Orleans     40
Winning the Loire     55
From Dauphin to Divine King     66
Trust Not in Princes     77
Sold to the Highest Bidder     90
Trial and Errors     96
Consigned to Flame     112
France Remade     121
From Soldier to Saint     129
Chronology     137
Chapter Notes     141
Glossary     153
Further Reading     156
Internet Addresses     157
Index     158
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