Fresh Verdicts on Joan of Arc
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
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Fri frakt för medlemmar vid köp för minst 249 kr.Joan of Arc has long piqued the historical imagination, for it seems impossible that a peasant-maid couldhave led the French army, crowned her king, and then been burned as a heretic, only later to be found a saint. This volume of original essays seeks to shed light on these mysteries, but also to explain why, even in the 20th century, Joan of Arc remains such a potent symbol. Scholars here employ the latest tools of historical analysis, literary criticism, and feminist inquiry to reveal why verterans of her military campaigns found her to have been a remarkable commander; why so many of her contemporaries and near-contemporaries, churchman and poets alike, found it possible to accept the validity of her mission and her voices; why modern politicians and literary and cinematic artists have used her as the symbolic vehicle for their own visions; and why the Catholic Church finally decided to canonize her in 1920. The essays are heavily cross-referenced, and are capped off with a reflective epilogue by R gine Pernoud, long the dean of Joan scholars and former director of the Centre Jeanne d'Arc at Orleans. Also includes maps.
Produktinformation
- Utgivningsdatum2016-11-18
- Mått138 x 216 x undefined mm
- Vikt620 g
- FormatHäftad
- SpråkEngelska
- SerieNew Middle Ages
- Antal sidor334
- FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
- ISBN9781138974678