Joan of Arc and the Politics of Nostalgia
β Scribed by Review by: Amy Hollywood
- Book ID
- 124474937
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Year
- 2003
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 685 KB
- Volume
- 83
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0022-4189
- DOI
- 10.2307/1205438
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