Joan of Arc, the Warrior Maid

The days passed drearily enough in the prison cell, but Jeanne endured the chains, the irons, and the hideous company of the guards rather than give her parole not to attempt an...

No longer buoyed up by hope Jeanne began to feel her wound to faintness, and was compelled to seek her room for rest. As she lay on her bed, despondent and heavy-hearted, her Sa...

There was feasting in Reims after the coronation. In the Archbishop's palace the King was served with the princes of the blood and the nobles. The tables stretched to the street...

The next day, which was Sunday, Jeanne and her men returned to Orleans in triumph, and were "nobly received." The streets were crowded with people who were wild with joy at sigh...

"_The goodness of her life proves that Jeanne possesses the grace of God.... She goeth forth capturing towns and castles. She is the first captain of our host. Such power had no...

"_Her helm was raised, And the fair face revealed, that upward gazed, Intensely worshipping--A still, clear face, Youthful, but brightly solemn!--Woman's cheek And brow were the...

"_By Esther, Judith and Deborah, women of high esteem, He delivered His oppressed people. And well I know there have been women of great worship. But Jeanne is above all. Throug...

"_To pray, we do not say with the lips, but to pray with the whole sincerity of the heart, is to win an inexhaustible source of moral strength. This we say simply from the point...

"_Yet the true Poetry--herself, like thee, Childlike; herself, like thee, a shepherd maid-- Gives thee her birthright of Divinity, And lifts unto the stars thy starry shade. Thy...

"_Be not dismayed, for succor is at hand: A holy maid hither with me I bring, Which, by a vision sent to her from heaven, Ordained is to raise this tedious siege. And drive the...

"_It was fit that the savior of France should be a woman. France herself is a woman. She has the fickleness of the sex, but also its amiable gentleness, its facile and charming...

"_But never a son of Adam, since the song of man was scrolled, Has followed the golden lily, by wood or wave or wold, To triumph after triumph for which the people prayed In vai...

The house where Jeanne D'Arc lived was a stone cottage with the roof sloping from a height on one side half way to the ground on the other. In front there were but two windows,...

"Who-oo-ee!" The gleeful shout came from the lips of a little girl who stood, with her hands cupped about her lips, on the edge of a streamlet which divided the village of Domre...

"_Whatsoever thing confronted her, whatsoever problem encountered her, whatsoever manners became her in novel situations, she understood in a moment. She solved the problem, she...

The girl's visit to Sire Robert and her claim that she would lead the Dauphin to his anointing had been discussed and made a matter of sport by the soldiers of the garrison. Fro...

"If he were a man-at-arms he would have something worth hearing to tell," retorted Jacques. In spite of his words, however, he rose as the friar came to the door, and saluted hi...

"_The character of Joan of Arc is unique. It can be measured by the standards of all times without misgiving or apprehension as to the result. Judged by any of them, judged by a...

There was anguish in the eyes of Isabeau Romee as she crossed the drawbridge from the castle, and went slowly with her children to the ruined village. Other women about her wept...

"_There was grandeur in that peasant girl,--in her exalted faith at Domremy, in her heroism at Orleans, in her triumph at Reims, in her trial and martyrdom at Rouen. But unless...

From this time forth Jeanne's family could not fail to notice the change that marked her bearing and appearance. Her eyes glowed with the light of a steadfast purpose, and the s...

The summer gave place to winter; winter in turn was succeeded by spring, and again it was summer. Though there were raids in distant parts of the valley, and wild rumors and fal...

So, half from shyness, half from fear of ridicule, the child told no one of her strange experience, but often did the thought of the happening come to her, and she wondered what...

"_I am by birth a shepherd's daughter, My wit untrained in any kind of art. Heaven, and our Lady gracious, hath it pleased To shine on my contemptible estate: ... God's mother d...

"_Bright shone the sun, the birds sang cheerfully, And all the fields seemed joyous in the Spring: But to Domremy wretched was that day; For there was lamentation, and the voice...

From this time forth the Voice became frequent. Again and again she heard it; chiefly out of doors, in the silence and freedom of the fields or garden. In time the Heavenly radi...

Over and over the young girl repeated the words in a maze of incredulity and wonder. That she, Jeanne D'Arc, should be chosen for such a divine commission was unbelievable. She...

There were many signs and wonders told of the execution after Jeanne's death. It was said that a dove was seen to fly upward toward Heaven at the moment that her spirit took its...