Volume I

Volume I

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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

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