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The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 (of 2)

CHAPTER IX
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_Relation du greffier de La Rochelle_, p.60.

"The white armour of fifteenth century soldiers, simple as it was, was expensive; it cost about ten thousand francs of our present money.

But the complete horse's armour was included in this" (Maurice Maindron, _Pour l'histoire de l'armure_, in _Le monde moderne_, 1896).

According to the calculation of P.Clement (_Jacques Coeur et Charles VII_, 1873, p.

lxvi), 100 livres would be equal to 4000 francs of present money.] [Footnote 817: _Trial_, vol.i, p.76.Letter from Perceval de Boulainvilliers, _ibid._, vol.v, p.120.Greffier de la Chambre des comptes of Brabant, _ibid._, vol.iv, p.428.Le Fevre de Saint-Remy, _ibid._, p.


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