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Joan of Arc in the surviving record: trial proceedings, letters, chronicles, testimony, and the documents through which her life can be known.

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Texts

Ditié de Jehanne d’Arc — Christine de PizanChristine de Pizan's complete 31 July 1429 poem praising Joan during her lifetime, in a scan-validated Middle French text from the 1865 Herluison edition.Guide to the Chronicles of Joan of ArcA source-critical guide to the chronicles of Joan of Arc, identifying each writer's political position, proximity, dependencies, best uses, editions, and lawful reading routes.Jeanne d'Arc, Maid of Orleans, Deliverer of France — T. Douglas MurrayT. Douglas Murray's 1902 English documentary collection, joining substantial records of Joan of Arc's condemnation trial to testimony and the final sentence from the 1450-1456 nullification proceedings.Joan of Arc in the Chronicle of Enguerrand de Monstrelet — Selected ChaptersThirteen complete chapters from Enguerrand de Monstrelet on Joan of Arc, from Chinon and Orleans through the campaigns, capture, and the English royal notice of her condemnation, in Thomas Johnes's public-domain translation.Letter to Henry VI of England — Belle TutenJoan of Arc's March 1429 summons to Henry VI and the English commanders, translated by Belle Tuten from the text printed in the Chronique de la Pucelle.The Five Original Letter Witnesses — Joan of ArcThe five Joan of Arc letters grouped as original witnesses in modern scholarship, with Winifred Stephens's public-domain English translations and notes identifying their scribes, signatures, four present repositories, and one unresolved current custody.The Trial of Jeanne d'Arc — W. P. BarrettThe complete record of Joan of Arc's 1431 condemnation trial in W. P. Barrett's English translation, with Pierre Champion's historical apparatus from the expanded 1932 edition.Two Excerpts on Joan of Arc — Jean de WavrinTwo short Anglo-Burgundian chronicle selections on the relief of Orleans and the English royal account of Joan's condemnation, with their dependence and limits made explicit.