Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Deborah A. Fraioli
Publisher: Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Total Pages: 256
Release: 2000
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9780851158808

[Does] an immense service to anyone interested in Joan of Arc... 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 Joan of Arc arrived at the French court claiming to be sent by God to come to the aid of the dauphin Charles. Most studies of Joan focus on her political expediency, but the starting point of this book is her assertion that she was sent by God: it is the first real exploration of the application of the Catholic doctrine of discretio spirituum [the discernment of spirits] to her case, and of her reception as a visionary woman. The author examines contemporary theological documents which show genuine debate about Joan's mission and whether she was diabolically or divinely inspired, also taking into account the two major literary works dealing with her, Christine de Pizan's Ditie de Jehanne d'Arc and Martin Le Franc's Le champion des dames, as well as Joan's own letter to the English. Appendices offer translations of pertinent Latin and French texts. Professor DEBORAH FRAIOLI teaches in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures at Simmons College, Boston.

Joan of Arc, a Saint for All Reasons

Joan of Arc, a Saint for All Reasons
Author: Claude Grimal
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 180
Release: 2003
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780754633303

As a transnational myth, Joan of Arc has served most contradictory causes. No other character has inspired a more impressive list of writers, but no other myth possesses the malleability required to serve rival camps. The quality of the exchanges between

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author:
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Total Pages: 392
Release: 2013-01-01
Genre: History
ISBN: 1526112795

This sourcebook collects together for the first time in English the major documents relating to the life and contemporary reputation of Joan of Arc. Also known as La Pucelle, she led a French Army against the English in 1429, arguably turning the course of the war in favour of the French king Charles VII. The fact that she achieved all of this when just a seventeen-year-old peasant girl highlights the magnitude of her achievements and also opens up other ways of looking at her story. For many, Joan represents the voice of ordinary people in the fifteenth century; the victims of high politics and warfare that devastated France. Her story ended tragically in 1431 when she was put on trial for heresy and sorcery by an ecclesiastical court and was burned at the stake. This book shows how the trial, which was organised by her enemies, provides an important window into late medieval attitudes towards religion and gender, as Joan was effectively persecuted by the established Church for her supposedly non-conformist views on spirituality and the role of women. Presented within a contextual and critical framework, this book encourages scholars and students to rethink this remarkable story. It will be invaluable reading for those working in the fields of medieval society and heresy, as well as the Hundred Years’ War.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Marina Warner
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Total Pages: 416
Release: 1981
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Levensbeschrijving van de r.-k. heilige en nationale heldin van Frankrijk ( 1412-1431)

Joan of Arc and Spirituality

Joan of Arc and Spirituality
Author: Bonnie Wheeler
Publisher: Springer
Total Pages: 295
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: History
ISBN: 1137069546

Joan of Arc is an unusual saint. Canonized in 1920 as a virgin, she died in 1431 as a condemned heretic. Uneducated, militant, and youthful, she obeyed 'Voices' that counselled her to pursue an unprecedented vocation. The various trial records provide a wealth of evidence about how Joan and others understood her spiritual life. This collection explores multiple facets of Joan's prayerful life. Two-thirds of the essays focus on Joan in her own time; the later chapters study Joan's formative influence upon modern women. Taken together, these essays offer new perspectives on the heroism of Joan's original way of sanctity.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Dirk Arend Berents
Publisher: Uitgeverij Verloren
Total Pages: 134
Release: 1994
Genre: Christian saints
ISBN: 9789065504128

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Christine Platt
Publisher: Calico Kid
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2020
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 9781644943090

"This title introduces readers to Joan of Arc and how she became France's shero by delivering the country from English domination." -- page [4] of cover

Joan of Arc by Herself and Her Witnesses

Joan of Arc by Herself and Her Witnesses
Author: Régine Pernoud
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Total Pages: 317
Release: 1994
Genre: Christian saints
ISBN: 0812812603

An historical biography of fifteenth-century saint and national heroine of France, Joan of Arc, that relies on the letters and testimony given at her trial.

Who Was Joan of Arc?

Who Was Joan of Arc?
Author: Pam Pollack
Publisher: Penguin Workshop
Total Pages: 114
Release: 2016-03
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0448483041

Documents the life of the fifteenth-century French teenage peasant who led an army into battle and became a saint.

Joan of Arc

Joan of Arc
Author: Willard Ropes Trask
Publisher:
Total Pages: 178
Release: 1996
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 9781885983084

Afterword by Sir Edward Creasey