With this dense and intricate book Fraioli has done an immense service to anyone interested in Joan of Arc. She skillfully disentangles countless textual threads, all centered around one problem: the nature of Joan's mission as it was examined in the early theological debates... A thorough and timely book. MYSTICS QUARTERLY For readers pondering how it was possible for a 17-year-old girl to persuade her king and his entourage that she was sent by God to lead their party into battle...[this] will be a welcome resourse.

• Chinon and the Gelu correspondence; "De quadam puella"; the "Poitiers Conclusions"; prophecy; "Lettre au Anglais"; the "Dissertatio" of Jacques Gelu; Christine de Pizan's "Le Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc"; "De mirabili victoria"; "Collectarium historiarum"; reply of a Parisian cleric; Martin Le Franc's "Le champion des dames"; conclusions. Appendices: "De quadam puella"; the "Poitiers Conclusions"; "Lettre au Anglais"; "De mirabili victoria"; Martin Le Franc's "Le champion de dames" (Joan of Arc passage).

With this dense and intricate book Fraioli has done an immense service to anyone interested in Joan of Arc. She skillfully disentangles countless textual threads, all centered around one problem: the nature of Joan's mission as it was examined in the early theological debates... A thorough and timely book. MYSTICS QUARTERLY For readers pondering how it was possible for a 17-year-old girl to persuade her king and his entourage that she was sent by God to lead their party into battle...[this] will be a welcome resourse.

• Chinon and the Gelu correspondence; "De quadam puella"; the "Poitiers Conclusions"; prophecy; "Lettre au Anglais"; the "Dissertatio" of Jacques Gelu; Christine de Pizan's "Le Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc"; "De mirabili victoria"; "Collectarium historiarum"; reply of a Parisian cleric; Martin Le Franc's "Le champion des dames"; conclusions. Appendices: "De quadam puella"; the "Poitiers Conclusions"; "Lettre au Anglais"; "De mirabili victoria"; Martin Le Franc's "Le champion de dames" (Joan of Arc passage).