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16
“Joan the Pucelle sends you her news”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 118–19.
17
“without cause entitle yourself King”: Ibid., 119–21.
18
“ordered in a good formation”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 142.
19
“so that a prince of the blood royal”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 74.
20
“rode about the battlefield”: Ibid.
21
“as close as the shot”: Ibid.
22
it took his entire entourage: Richey,
Joan of Arc
, 79.
23
“his assailants’ daggers”: Ibid., 74.
24
Charles agreed to surrender four cities: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 145.
25
“was deeply grieved that he wished”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 76.
26
“We have feasted in Campiegne [
sic
]”: Anderson,
Joan of Lorraine
, 64.
27
“stayed away from the new king”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 136.
28
“equip your men”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 76.
29
“the defenses of Paris were strengthened”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 136.
30
“as much to intimidate any enemy”: Ibid., 149.
31
“They began by bombarding the walls”: Ibid., 150.
32
“The attack was hard and long”: Ibid.
33
“so full of great error”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 126.
34
“a very savage attack”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 151.
35
“ ‘See here, you whore, you slut’ ”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 230.
36
“remained the whole day”: Ibid., 256–57.
37
“fired into their backs”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 152.
38
“defected from the city”: Ibid.
39
“over the vehement objections”: Ibid., 153.
40
“was broken the will”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 127.
41
“And this was why the Jews”: John, 5:16–18.
42
“he said to them, ‘The Sabbath’ ”: Mark 2:27–28.
43
“While Joan had been victorious”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 156.
44
“where he could balk and hinder”: Twain,
Personal Recollections
, 212.
45
“member of a vagabond”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 200.
46
“On the first night, Jeanne”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 244–45.
47
“The business of this Catherine”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 80.
48
“Catherine later reciprocated by testifying”: Ibid., 200.
49
“Her army, of which she was”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 157.
50
the area was controlled: Ibid., 157–58.
51
fourteen thousand: Charles VI had restyled the old
écu d’or
, or shield of gold—named for its escutcheon design—as the
écu à la couronne
, or crown, valued at ten times the
écu d’argent
, or shield of silver. In 1577, the last of the Valois monarchs, Henry III, officially abolished the livre in favor of the ecu. Philip Grierson,
Coins of Medieval Europe
(London: Seaby, 1991), 144.
52
“the French were forcibly compelled”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 172–73.
53
“gunpowder, saltpeter, sulphur, arrows”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 131.
54
the French could make no effective attack: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 164.
55
“even without any relief”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 81.
56
“thanks for the multiple”: Ibid.
57
“acted like a minister of state”: Ibid., 82.
58
“The candidate [for knighthood] first was bathed”: Gies,
Knight in History
, 85.
59
“the activity of royalist ‘partisans’ ”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 82.
60
“Joan the Pucelle has received”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 131.
61
“She will restore harmony”: Ibid., 105.
62
“For some time now”: Ibid., 132.
63
“the protest of the individual”: Shaw,
Saint Joan
, 65–66.
64
of like mind and scruples: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 71.
65
“Slums breed immorality”: Brecht,
Saint Joan of the Stockyards
, 38.
66
“I know their money”: Ibid., 56.
67
“clerks, artisans, and merchants”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 82.
68
“resolute to undergo every risk”: Ibid., 83.
69
“to betray the city”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 133.
70
“She went to the town”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 168.
71
“Each and every captain”: Larissa Juliet Taylor,
Virgin Warrior
, 111.
72
plot recently uncovered in Paris: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 85.
73
“the incident was trumpeted”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 138.
74
“But if I do them [perform miracles]”: John 10:38.
75
“that whatever you ask from God”: Ibid., 11:22.
76
“ ‘I have said this on account’ ”: Ibid., 11:42–44.
77
“the chief priests and the Pharisees”: Ibid., 11:47–48.
78
“from that day on”: Ibid., 11:53.
79
“Never,” Péguy’s Joan says: Péguy,
Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc
, 56.
80
“a newborn baby”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 85.
81
“a curious incident”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 138.
82
“Have you cured people”: Bresson,
Trial of Joan of Arc.
83
its script based on the French trial minutes: Ibid.
84
“Are you so tired already”: Schiller,
Joan of Arc
, 193.
85
“amassed a large army”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 169.
86
“fought large skirmishes”: Ibid., 171.
87
“the pleasure of seeing”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 256.
88
“refused to allow Jeanne and her followers”: Ibid.
89
“300–400 more soldiers”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 172.
90
On May 22, spies reported: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 259.
91
“Does thou not see”: DeMille,
Joan the Woman.
92
“I have not long!”: Ibid.

Chapter IX: The Golden Cloak

1
“a secret hour”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 86.
2
“and entered the town”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 259.
3
“without confusion nor disturbance”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 172.
4
“a small and unsuspecting garrison”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 260.
5
“young, violent and formidable”: Ibid., 259.
6
“let God deliver him now”: Matthew 27:43.
7
“mounted on her horse”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 174.
8
“large and forceful skirmish”: Ibid., 173.
9
“archers and men with crossbows”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 260.
10
“charged forward strongly”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 174.
11
“The English who were there”: France,
Joan of Arc
, 152.
12
She spoke to her men: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 174.
13
“was really beyond redemption”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 261.
14
“a rough and very sour man”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 176.
15
“bribery to achieve the surrender”: Ibid., 177.
16
“fell on his face and prayed”: Matthew 26:39.
17
“Why didn’t you take special”: Redacted from testimony of Pierre Daron, Pernoud,
The Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 209.
18
“Of that day and hour”: Matthew 24:36.
19
“the rush of a violent wind”: Acts of the Apostles 2:2.
20
“My Lord,” she whispers: Besson,
Messenger.
21
“We will draw down the curtain”: Twain,
Personal Recollections
, 217.
22
“Holy and terrible one”: Schiller,
Joan of Arc
, 227.
23
“when you see that your prayers”: Péguy,
Mystery of the Charity of Joan of Arc
, 75–76.
24
“the one putting his hand”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 175.
25
“she did not wish to pay attention”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 91.
26
He hadn’t the courage to admit: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 256.
27
“Have I not been punished”: Shaw,
Saint Joan
, 103.
28
“tremendous and immediate excitement”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 262.
29
“more joyous than if”: Larissa Juliet Taylor,
Virgin Warrior
, 118.
30
England’s royal account books: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 264.
31
“the Burgundian and English partisans”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 88.
32
“The woman called the Maid”: Ibid., 90.
33
“as soon as it can be done safely”: Ibid., 91.
34
“savored all the fruit”: Ibid., 98.
35
“the noblest Christian of all Christians”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 237.
36
“not actually in the diocese”: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 65.
37
For her second meeting: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 92.
38
“the choice of a more suitable”: Ibid.
39
“conceived a great devotion”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 266.
40
“greatly distressed by her obstinate”: Ibid., 266–67.
41
“black hair, cut round”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 48.
42
“cast herself at [her nephew’s] feet”: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 67.
43
“to heavy legal penalties”: France,
Joan of Arc
, 190.
44
“the younger son of a younger son”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 264.
45
“had a lien on French prisoners”: Ibid.
46
“placed him in charge”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 209.
47
“for 153 days, ‘Pierre Cauchon took leave’ ”: Ibid., 97.
48
“of which 10,000 was set aside”: By some accounts, it was 6,000.
49
“the great expenses”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 192.
50
“a kind of frenzy”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 267.
51
“the argument continued daily”: Ibid., 268.

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