French folk heroine (1412–1431), military leader who crowned Charles VII and Roman Catholic saint, canonized 500 years after her death

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Joan of Arc conjures demons in Shakespeare's 'Henry VI'; but the demons are uncompliant; one hangs his head on the left. Engraving by C. Warren, 1805, after J. Thurston.

Joan of Arc. Photograph by Neurdein & Paris, ca. 1864.

A woman burnt at the stake, possibly Joan of Arc, with praying women looking on. Colour line block.

Jeanne d'Arc, at the siege of Paris. Line engraving by J. Roze after H.F.E. Philippoteaux.

Seven women : and the secret of their greatness / Eric Metaxas.

Nouvelles considérations puisées dans la clairvoyance instinctive de l'homme, sur les oracles, les Sibylles et les prophètes, et particulièrement sur Nostradamus / Par Théodore Bouys.

Chroniques. D'Enguerrand de Monstrelet / [Enguerrand de Monstrelet].

The life and health of Joan of Arc : an exercise in pathography / by F.E. Kenyon.

L'armure et les lettres de Jeanne d'Arc : documents conservés à l'Abbay de Saint-Denis et aux Archives de la famille d'Arc du Lys / annotés par Charles Roessler.

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L'armure et les lettres de Jeanne d'Arc : documents conservés à l'Abbay de Saint-Denis et aux Archives de la famille d'Arc du Lys / annotés par Charles Roessler.