H. Wallon - Jeanne d'Arc - 1876

Charming edition enriched notably with 14 hors-texte chromolithographs with serpentine borders and a large folding colour map of this historical study devoted to the figure of the Maid of Orléans, which combines critical scholarship and patriotic exaltation -

Wallon, historian and academic, unfolds a methodical investigation based on medieval sources, chronicles and judicial documents, in order to restore with precision the trajectory of Joan of Arc, from her childhood in Domrémy to her trial and martyrdom -

The author traces the exceptional journey of the young peasant girl from Domrémy, from her first mystical visions to her decisive role in the context of the Hundred Years’ War, highlighting her intervention with Charles VII and her participation in the military campaigns that enabled the lifting of the siege of Orléans and the coronation of the king at Reims -

Wallon aims to disentangle the religious, political and military dimensions of her action, stressing both the sincerity of her faith, her charisma and the instrumentalization she may have suffered in a context of national crisis -

The work also examines with precision the condemnation trial orchestrated by ecclesiastical authorities under English influence, highlighting irregularities and ideological stakes that led to her condemnation for heresy and to her execution -

H. Wallon - Jeanne d'Arc - 1876 - Firmin-Didot et Cie -
568 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, book in its full red cardboard binding adorned by the publisher, light signs of use, beautiful gilded edges, smooth spine nicely decorated, gilded lettering and author’s name, superb gilded motifs covering the boards -

Good interior condition, light browning, pretty headbands, beautiful initial letters, title page printed in red and black, book enriched with a very large number of engravings in black in the text and 14 hors-texte chromolithographs with serpentine borders and a large folding colour map, engravings after monuments of art from the fifteenth century to our days, blue flyleaves nicely adorned with golden fleurs-de-lis -

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