Joan of Arc (eBook)

La pucelle

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2013
392 Seiten
Manchester University Press (Verlag)
978-1-5261-1279-8 (ISBN)

Infos

A collection of documents on the historical figure Joan of Arc, some of which published in modern English for the first time, and contextualised by an extended introduction and and useful contextualising passages.

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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.

Autor

Craig Taylor is Lecturer in Medieval History at the University of York

Inhalt

Chronological table
Introduction
1. The life of Joan of Arc
2. The trial of condemnation (February to May 1431)
3. Debating Joan of Arc (1431-1450)
4. The nullification trial (1455-1456)
5. The memory of Joan of Arc
Select bibliography

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.1.2013
• Reihe/Serie: Manchester Medieval Sources
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Rosemary Horrox, Simon MacLean
• Übersetzer: Craig Taylor
• Verlagsort: Manchester
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► Mittelalter
• Themenwelt: Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
• Schlagworte: Charles VII • ecclesiastical court • English allies • French army • Joan of Arc • medieval attitudes • medieval church • Nullification trial • Rouen trial • textual records
• ISBN-10: 1-5261-1279-5 / 1526112795
• ISBN-13: 978-1-5261-1279-8 / 9781526112798