Joan of Arc: A Life Transfigured (59 page)

52
“offers his right-hand glove”: Anonymous,
Song of Roland
, 72.

53
“she ceased to listen”: France,
Life of Joan of Arc
, 181.

54
She landed in the castle’s dry moat: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 149.

55
“Her body was at Beaurevoir”: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 69.

56
“The devil took him”: Matthew 4:5–6. “For he commands his angels with regard to you, to guard you wherever you go. With their hands they shall support you, lest you strike your foot against a stone.” Psalm 91:11–12.

57
Jesus answered him: Matthew 4:7, quoting Deuteronomy 6:16.

58
“wait here alone, in the darkness”: Anderson,
Joan of Lorraine
, 64.

59
“As he returns through”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 106.

60
“paraded throughout many of the lands”: DeVries,
Joan of Arc
, 181–82.

61
they called her a dirty cunt: From the Middle English
cunte
, via Middle Low German
kunte
; first recorded use in the fourteenth century.

62
“She received the ladies”: Sackville-West,
Saint Joan of Arc
, 276.

63
who also heard her confession: Ibid., 277.

Chapter X: The Tower Keep

1
“I have heard from Étienne Castille”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 211.

2
“I saw it being weighed”: Ibid.

3
“Joan was brought to this city”: Ibid.

4
“lined with buildings”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 152.

5
“very dark”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 210.

6
“a great bed in it”: Ibid.

7
“unable to stir from her place”: Ibid.

8
“greatly displeased some”: Ibid., 215–16.

9
“tried several times playfully”: Ibid., 194.

10
“complained to the Bishop”: Ibid., 213.

11
“She’s lived with soldiers”: Bresson,
Trial of Joan of Arc.

12
“injury from riding horseback”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 154.

13
“if she were robbed of it”: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 107.

14
“two layers of hosen”: Allen Williamson, “Primary Sources,” 1–2.

15
Once her virginity had been confirmed: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 154.

16
“a gentleman in the service”: Ibid.

17
“A case must quickly be”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 202.

18
“they reckoned that while”: Ibid.

19
“moved by fear”: Ibid., 208.

20
“took no part in”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 156.

21
“There was no one”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 206.

22
“The English instituted the prosecution”: Ibid., 205.

23
“We only gave our opinions”: Ibid., 207.

24
“came of their own”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 156.

25
“spoke exultingly with great joy”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 274.

26
“a wanton and a whore”: Ibid., 215.

27
“loose woman and a filthy”: Ibid., 62.

28
“Somebody important from Lorraine”: Ibid., 92.

29
the single precondition required: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 158.

30
“zealous university man”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 211.

31
“vast holocaust”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 159.

32
“subjected to the Inquisition’s tactic”: Ibid.

33
“very highly regarded”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 214.

34
“pretended to be a man”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 50.

35
“to defy the court”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 159.

36
“two white wings reaching”: Anouilh,
Lark
, trans. Fry, 3.

37
“Now you have heard”:
New Oxford Annotated Bible
, 1209.

38
“He deserves death”: Matthew 26:66–68.

39
“sought false testimony”: Ibid., 26:59.

40
“You will see the Son of man”: Ibid., 27:64.

41
“There came one”: Daniel 7:13–14.

42
“just when one of them”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 217.

43
“surprised to see how well”: Ibid.

44
“they often asked Joan questions”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 163.

45
“alone, sitting on a high chair”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 225.

46
“leading Joan from her”: Ibid., 216.

47
“the malice inherent”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 208.

48
Instead, she used a scrap: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 148.

49
“La Barbe-Bleue”: Perrault,
Complete Fairy Tales
, 104.

50
“surpassing all others”: Tuchman,
Distant Mirror
, 22.

51
“only a hard shell”: Ibid., 479.

52
They stand in roads: Numbers 22:23.

53
they sit under oak trees: Judges 6:11.

54
wrestle: Genesis 32:24.

55
climb up and down ladders: Ibid., 28:12.

56
and brandish swords: Numbers 22:31.

57
the mouths of donkeys: Ibid., 23:28.

58
go up in flames: Judges 13:20.

59
Counterfeits of reality: Warner,
Joan of Arc
, 128.

60
“had invited a number”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 174–75.

61
“with great repugnance”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 221–22.

62
“Do you not hear”: Matthew 27:13–14.

63
“Have nothing to do”: Ibid., 27:19.

64
“harshly turned back”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 225.

65
“no more to do with”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 176.

66
“to catch her out”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 273.

67
“causes that move us”: Larissa Juliet Taylor,
Virgin Warrior
, 172.

68
“convoked a group of the assessors”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 190.

69
“they were interrogating her”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 222–23.

70
Five hundred: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 94.

71
“offered counsel with the explanation”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 191.

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so “troubled by the course”: Ibid.

73
“Why do you keep touching”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 227.

74
“decided by the counselors”: Ibid., 57.

Chapter XI: A Heart That Would Not Burn

1
“she had vomited”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 214.

2
“her on the right side”: Ibid., 215.

3
“asked her what was wrong”: Ibid., 214.

4
“ ‘It is you, you wanton’ ”: Ibid.

5
“fishers of men”: Matthew 4:19.

6
“stormed most angrily”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 228–29.

7
Twenty years earlier: Ibid., 209.

8
“instruments of torture”: Ibid., 213.

9
Truth lay hidden in the body: DuBois,
Torture and Truth
, 5.

10
“she replied with so much wisdom”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 224.

11
“Michael, the angel of battles”: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 89.

12
“the one who would give succor”: Pelikan,
Mary Through the Centuries
, 133.

13
“The God of that age”: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 25.

14
“An angel of the Lord”:
Infancy Gospel of James
4:1–2.

15
“Let us bring her up to the temple”: Ibid., 7:1.

16
rather than the usual single: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 128.

17
“I have a dirty virgin”: Anouilh,
Lark
, adapt. Hellman, 6.

18
“I have come here to offer”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 194.

19
“In God’s name”: Ibid., 195.

20
“was incensed by this speech”: Ibid.

21
“the quality of the person”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 213.

22
Belial appears in both the Old Testament: 1 Samuel 2:12; Proverbs 6:12.

23
stalks through the book of Job: Job 40:15–24.

24
“believes lightly and affirms rashly”: Craig Taylor,
Joan of Arc
, 214.

25
“displayed a great deal of fervor”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 216.

26
“suddenly from heaven”: Acts of the Apostles 2:1–4.

27
“organized a spectacle”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 129.

28
“Trust me”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 211–12.

29
“Oh, royal house of France”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 236.

30
“slip of parchment designed”: Pernoud and Clin,
Joan of Arc
, 130.

31
“Joan did not understand”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 237.

32
“In principle, the pains of fire”: Ibid., 239.

33
“Never were the Jews filled”: Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 106.

34
“the chief priests and the elders”: Matthew 27:20–23.

35
“were most indignant”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 240.

36
“Do not worry, my lord”: Ibid.

37
“mockingly drew a kind of circle”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 214.

38
“Please God, you’ve done”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 241.

39
“ludicrously easy to compel”: Ibid., 241.

40
“heard from Joan’s own lips”: Ibid., 242.

41
“pulled off the women’s clothing”: Ibid., 241.

42
“crowd of English notables”: Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 218.

43
“The soldiers of the governor”: Matthew 27:27–31.

44
Joan the Woman’s opening credits: DeMille,
Joan the Woman.

45
“by what death she was”: Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 245.

46
“I had rather be seven times”: Ibid., 245.

47
“she complained exceedingly”: Ibid.

48
“ ‘Truly I say to you’ ”: Luke 23:39–43.

49
“Where shall I be tonight?”: adapted from Pernoud,
Retrial of Joan of Arc
, 250.

50
“I administered our Lord’s Body”: Ibid., 248.

51
accounts vary: According to Michelet, eight hundred; to Gies, eighty to one hundred. Michelet,
Joan of Arc
, 115; Gies,
Joan of Arc
, 222.