Produced by Richard Tonsing and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) JEANNE D’ARC [Illustration: _Reputed Portrait of Jeanne d’Arc, From the original, formerly in the Church of S^t. Maurice, Orleans. (MUSÉE DU TROCADÉRO, PARIS._) ] JEANNE D’ARC MAID OF ORLEANS DELIVERER OF FRANCE Being the Story of her Life, her Achievements, and her Death, as attested on Oath and Set forth in the Original Documents EDITED BY T. DOUGLAS MURRAY WITH ILLUSTRATIONS AND A MAP [Illustration] LONDON WILLIAM HEINEMANN 1902 _This Edition enjoys Copyright in all Countries signatory to the Berne Treaty, and is not to be imported into the United States of America._ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ PREFACE The following Document concerning the story of the life and death of Jeanne d’Arc, Maid of Orleans, is probably the only known instance in which a complete biographical record, of historical importance, has been elicited by evidence taken on oath. These depositions cover the childhood of the Maid; the series of her military exploits as Commander-in-Chief of the armies of France; her capture, imprisonment, and death at the stake in the market-place of Rouen. The official Latin text of the Trial and Rehabilitation of Jeanne d’Arc, rescued from oblivion among the archives of France, and published in the forties by Quicherat, has been faithfully, and now for the first time, rendered into English. This account, given by numerous contemporary witnesses, of an episode which profoundly affected the history of Europe and determined the destinies of England and France must appeal to the general reader no less than to the student. INTRODUCTION