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Régine Pernoud (1909–1998)

Author of Those Terrible Middle Ages: Debunking the Myths

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Image credit: Régine Pernoud en jnavier 1997

Series

Works by Régine Pernoud

Joan of Arc: Her Story (1986) 330 copies, 3 reviews
Eleanor of Aquitaine (1965) 206 copies, 6 reviews
Women in the Days of the Cathedrals (1980) 182 copies, 2 reviews
Heloise and Abelard (1970) 84 copies, 1 review
Blanche of Castile (1972) 78 copies, 2 reviews
The Glory of the Medieval World (1981) 53 copies, 1 review
Christine de Pizan (1982) 45 copies, 2 reviews
Richard Coeur de Lion (1988) — Author — 33 copies
Les Saints au Moyen âge (1984) 32 copies
A Day With a Noblewoman (1997) 24 copies
Les Templiers (1999) 23 copies
A Day with a Troubadour (1997) 20 copies, 1 review
A Day With a Miller (1997) 19 copies, 1 review
Les Hommes de la Croisade (1960) 17 copies
J'ai nom Jeanne la Pucelle (1994) 12 copies
La libération d'Orléans, 8 mai 1429 (1969) — Author — 9 copies
Jeanne d'arc (1997) — Author — 7 copies
Petite vie de Jeanne d'Arc (1990) — Author — 5 copies
Giovanna d'Arco (1982) 5 copies, 1 review
Les Gaulois (1979) 5 copies, 1 review
Jardins de monastères (2002) 3 copies
Jeanne d'Arc (1992) 3 copies
Os Templarios (1996) 2 copies, 1 review
Que sais-je? Jeanne D'Arc (1946) — Author — 2 copies, 1 review
La plume et le parchemin (1983) 2 copies
Histoire du peuple français — Author — 1 copy
Ristiretket 1 copy
Blask średniowiecza (2022) 1 copy
A Burguesia 1 copy
Joana D´ Arc (1993) 1 copy
Joan of Arc 1 copy
Joan of Arc 1 copy
Testimoni della luce (1999) 1 copy
Hildegard von Bingen (1996) 1 copy
La bourgeoisie (1985) 1 copy
Cruciadele 1 copy
Templariusze (1996) 1 copy
Couleurs du Moyen Age (1987) 1 copy
Las cruzadas 1 copy

Associated Works

Poètes et romanciers du Moyen-Age (1952) — Contributor, some editions — 40 copies, 2 reviews
Huon de Bordeaux (1983) — Préface, some editions — 19 copies
Baudouin IV de Jérusalem (1981) — Preface, some editions — 13 copies

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Canonical name
Pernoud, Régine
Legal name
Pernoud, Régine Marie Josephe
Birthdate
1909-06-17
Date of death
1998-04-22
Burial location
Cimetière du Mesnil-Saint-Denis, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Gender
female
Nationality
France
Country (for map)
France
Birthplace
Château-Chinon, Nièvre, France
Place of death
Paris, France
Places of residence
Château-Chinon, Nièvre, France (birth)
Marseille, France
Aix-en-Provence, France
Paris, France
Education
University of Aix-en-Provence (1929)
École nationale des chartes (1933)
École du Louvre
Sorbonne, Paris, France
Occupations
historian
medievalist
archivist
museum curator
biographer
Relationships
Pernoud, Georges Alexis (nephew)
Pernoud, Georges (brother)
Organizations
Archives National de France
Centre Jeanne d'Arc (founder)
Académie française
Awards and honors
Académie française
Short biography
Régine Pernoud was a French historian specializing in women of the Middle Ages. She worked in various professions, such as teacher and archivist, while completing her university degrees. She's best known for her biography and other writings about Joan of Arc (Jeanne d'Arc). She founded the Centre Jeanne d'Arc in Orléans in 1974 under the auspices of French Minister of Cultural Affairs André Malraux, and became its curator. She was elected to the Académie française in 1997.

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Mustygusher | Dec 19, 2022 |
A very well-written biography of this extraordinary woman and her long, adventurous, difficult life. I first read it as a teen and the locations and many, many names made understanding it all very difficult. I remember, though, the first time I saw "The Lion in Winter" I dashed to this book to find what was historically accurate in that movie. (Hint: the movie is fantastic with great actors, and should be viewed as such!)

There is much detail about side events, such as the sinking of the White Ship of England that resulted in the drowning of William Atheling, heir to Henry I of England and husband to Matilda, future Abbess of the Convent of Fontrevault, and the attack on the baggage train and members of the Second Crusade. Also present in this book are snippets from Troubadours' songs at the start of each chapter that tie in Eleanor with this aspect of her court.

Mme. Pernoud's depiction of the main characters is for me more of a "fleshing out" of these historical personages than a romanticizing of their historical nature. Her biographical sources include the medieval Pipe Rolls to depict the events of the time rather than, as she states, literary sources that formed earlier biographical descriptions of Queen Eleanor. Kudos go to her for delving into these dusty tomes to bring this woman back to life!
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threadnsong | 5 other reviews | Jul 10, 2021 |
Review: Joan of Arc: Her Story by Regine Pernoud. 10/23/2017

I thought this was an interesting book. I only read about 175 pages because the rest was Joan of Arc’s letters and they were in Latin. I haven’t read or spoke Latin since the eighth grade. Some of what I read was new to me. When I was going to a Catholic school I was told the story differently then what I just read. Some situations and issues were altered but not all. A forward, a preface, acknowledgments and a prelude started the book. I recommend that the prelude should be read to help understand the history, climate and era of this book. The writer uses various writings describing the impact on others, the interrogations and Joan of Arc’s own words.

Joan of Arc is a sixteen year old peasant girl from Lorraine who travels at the time of the anti-French Burgundy to help in who claims the French Throne, Charles VII. She has stated that amidst her travels angels voices told her that God instructed her to raise the barrier at Orleans that has been going on for some time and take Charles to Reims to be consecrated and crowned King. Charles gives her an army and defeats the English army at Patay led by Fastolf, and seen Charles be anointed.

After that Joan falls out of approval with Charles because of court jealousies and captured by Burgundians of France. Then Charles VII rejects to give ransom and Joan is handed over to the English. A priest of the University of Paris, Pierre Cauchon sets up Joan of Arc’s trial. Two years as a prisoner she is sentence to die by fire. Her last word is, “Jesus.”…..

There is still so much history to Joan’s story that the writer separated it into three sections. What little information of Joan’s childhood wasn’t mentioned in this book until near the end because it wasn’t placed into historical records until after her death. There was more on her bravery battling the English and her long unjustified trial. Much of the trials controversy was the fact that she wore men’s clothing….
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Juan-banjo | 2 other reviews | Oct 28, 2017 |

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