Joan of Arc and Richard III: Sex, Saints, and Government in the Middle Ages

by Charles T. Wood

Book Overview

Joan of Arc and Richard III loom large in the histories of their countries, but the myths surrounding them have always obscured just who they were and what they hoped to accomplish. In this book, medieval historian Charles Wood brings these fascinating figures to life through an original combination of traditional biography and wide-ranging discussion of the political and social world in which they lived. Wood draws on a range of unusual sources--from...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 019506951X
• ISBN13: 9780195069518
• Release Date: January 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.6" x 8.3"