ABSTRACT

This volume of original essays employs the latest tools of historical analysis, literary criticism, and feminist inquiry to reval why Joan of Arc was such an important figure.

part |293 pages

Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc

chapter |16 pages

A WOMAN AS LEADER OF MEN: JOAN OF ARC'S MILITARY CAREER

ByKelly DeVries

chapter |30 pages

TRUE LIES: TRANSVESTISM AND IDOLATRY IN THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC

BySusan Schibanoff

chapter |12 pages

WAS JOAN OF ARC A "SIGN" OF CHARLES VII'S INNOCENCE?

ByJean Fraikin

chapter |12 pages

TRANSCRIPTION ERRORS IN TEXTS OF JOAN OF ARC'S HISTORY

ByOlivier Bouzy

chapter |16 pages

PR PAS PC: CHRISTINE DE PIZAN'S PRO-JOAN PROPAGANDA

ByAnne D. Lutkus, Julia M. Walker

chapter |12 pages

MARTIN LE FRANC'S COMMENTARY ON JEAN GERSON'S TREATISE ON JOAN OF ARC

ByGertrude H. Merkle

chapter |16 pages

WHY JOAN OF ARC NEVER BECAME AN AMAZON

ByDeborah Fraioli

chapter |32 pages

JOAN OF ARC'S LAST TRIAL: THE ATTACK OF THE DEVIL'S ADVOCATES

ByHenry Ansgar Kelly

chapter |28 pages

JEANNE AU CINÉMA

ByKevin J. Harty

chapter |24 pages

THE "JOAN PHENOMENON" AND THE FRENCH RIGHT

ByNadia Margolis

chapter |5 pages

EPILOGUE: JOAN OF ARC OR THE SURVIVAL OF A PEOPLE

ByRégine Pernoud

part |21 pages

APPENDICES

chapter |8 pages

JOAN OF ARC AND HER DOCTORS

ByMarie-Véronique Clin

chapter |12 pages

ASPECTS OF MATERIAL CULTURE IN THE PARIS REGION AT THE TIME OF JOAN OF ARC

ByNicole Meyer Rodrigues