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La Pucelle

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the Maid of Orleans, Joan of Arc.

See also: Pucelle



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Centuries of reverence for Jeanne d'Arc had developed into a veritable cult of La Pucelle or the Maiden, and in 1869 the Bishop of Orleans lobbied Rome for her beatification.
An iron maiden for Melbourne--the history and context of Emmanuel ... by Gott, Ted / The La Trobe Journal
1552: Adaptor of Le dixiesme livre d'Amadis de Gaule, auquel (continuant les haultz faitz d'armes et prouesses admirables de dom Florisel de Niquee, et des invincibles Anaxartes et la pucelle Alastraxeree sa soeur) est traite de la furieuse guerre qui fut entre les Princes Gaulois et Grecz pour le recouvrement de la belle Helene d'Apolonie (Paris: Groulleau, Longis, and Sertenas), dedicated to Marguerite de France.
Music as erotic magic in a Renaissance romance by Brooks, Jeanice / Renaissance Quarterly
When Gouverneur Morris was living in Paris, his girlfriend gave him Voltaire’s poem La Pucelle to read.
You\'d5ll Know It When You See It by Richard Brookhiser / The New York Observer
 
 
 
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