Joan of Arc: Between Victory and Trial: Sources, Interrogations, Public Memory

By Braian Nora and Giovanni Valente

"Joan of Arc: Between Victory and Trial - Sources, Interrogations, Public Memory" tells Joan's story without hagiography or takedown. In clear, tight prose, Giovanni Valente reconstructs her whole arc through the papers themselves-depositions, letters, interrogation records, chronicles. The book unfolds in five movements: from the frontier village of Domr my to the walls of Orl ans; from the audience at Chinon to the anointing at Reims; from Paris's setback to the capture at Compi gne; from the Rouen trial to the nullification proceedings (1450-1456). What emerges is not a miracle tale but a portrait of coherence turned into operational force and then into a political-legal target.

At the center are the concrete things wars are made of horses, ladders, bridges, pay, wounds with the standard more important than the sword. The nullification trial patiently dismantles the apparatus that condemned her, restoring procedural truth and human context. A final integrative chapter ("Cast Shadows") probes fragile miracles, disturbing doubles such as Gilles de Rais, and the politics of myth.

The result is the image of a nineteen-year-old who forced a kingdom to stop hesitating, and of an Europe that by condemning her left records sturdy enough to clear her name. A book about conscience and power, symbol and logistics, justice and memory and why Joan still speaks to how communities choose and remember.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0FY3VHZSJ
• ISBN13: 9798271469527
• Release Date: October 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.31 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 6.0" x 9.0"