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
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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
Joan, of Arc, Saint, 1412-1431 -- Trials, litigation, etc.
Latin text adds: “_dum rex suus consecraretur_.” Tradition asserts
that at the Coronation Jeanne stood on the left and slightly in front
of the altar, coming direct from the sacristy of the cathedral. The
coronation throne stood in front of the high altar. The cathedral and
its painted glass exist as at the Coronation, with the exception of
some comparatively recent stone work surrounding the choir. The
Coronation of the Kings of France has taken place at Rheims Cathedral
since the twelfth century. The King was not to all intents King of
France until he had been anointed by the Holy Oil, brought in great
state to the cathedral from the more ancient church of St. Remy.
An inscription on the front of the Hotel Maison Rouge, situated near
the west entrance of the cathedral, states that the town entertained
Jeanne’s father and mother in that house during the Coronation.
Footnote 56:
About £200.
Footnote 57:
November 9th, 1429.
Footnote 58:
The Minute adds: “and I should be cured.”
Footnote 59:
Surrendered July 22nd.
Footnote 60:
In spite of this assertion, the Bishop was present at _four_ out of
the nine Examinations.
Footnote 61:
On May 23rd, 1430.
Footnote 62:
In the Minute only.
Footnote 63:
Not in the Minute. Latin text reads: “_quod dedit regi suo dum venit
ad eum_.”
Footnote 64:
The “sign,” _i.e._ the appearance of “the White Lady.”
Footnote 65:
Jean, Duke d’Alençon: son of the Duke killed at Agincourt. He was of
the blood-royal of France, and had married a daughter of the Duke
d’Orléans. Jeanne was on very friendly terms with him, and always
called him her “Beau Duc.”
Footnote 66:
The allegory of the Angel sent with a crown, here first given to avoid
“perjury,” _i.e._, breaking her promise to preserve the King’s secret,
is explained by Jeanne herself, on the last day of her life, to mean
her own mission from Heaven to lead Charles to his crowning.
Footnote 67:
In the Minute: “_et l’admener en trois ans_”: not in the Latin Text.
Footnote 68:
The Minute reads: “_la laissant faire de prisonniers_.”
Footnote 69:
March 8th, 1428; it was _before_ Easter, which in that year fell on
March 7th.
Footnote 70:
The house in which Jeanne lodged at Chinon is said to have belonged to
a certain Regnier de la Barrier, whose widow or daughter is the
“worthy woman” referred to. Jeanne was afterwards lodged in the Tower
of Coudray, where her room may still be seen. It is approached by a
staircase outside the tower. The vaulted roof has fallen in, and the
fireplace is damaged, but the walls are intact, and the room could
easily be restored. Jeanne stayed in this tower from March 8th to
April 20th, 1429.
Footnote 71:
In the Minute only.
Footnote 72:
Charles, Duke d’Orléans, then a prisoner in England: one of the five
princes of the blood taken at Agincourt.
Footnote 73:
Public-domain text, read in full here on John Shaqi.
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