Even my English medievalist colleagues, however reluctantly, must admit that Joan of Arc played a significant role in the Hundred Years War.
Joan of Arc Museum opens in France
April 13, 2015 By
Those interested in the story of Joan of Arc have a new destination – Rouen, where the Joan of Arc History Centre opened last month, making use of a 15th century Archbishop’s palace that played a role in history of the Maid of Orléans.
Joan of Arc, a medieval Antigone and a (post-) modern myth?
March 3, 2015 By
Let’s admit, first of all, that it would certainly be, abusive to read the motive of Antigone tout court in the ambivalent character of Joan of Arc, although Steiner approaches the two figures by the…
Ten Medieval Warrior Women
July 20, 2014 By
While Joan of Arc is well-known as a woman who was involved in medieval warfare, there are many more examples of women who took up arms or commanded armies during the Middle Ages.
BOOKS:Medieval Celebrities!
March 3, 2014 By
They may not have won any Oscars, but they were definitely medieval celebrities! Here are some great reads about some of the most famous faces of the Middle Ages
Charisma and Routine: Shaping the Memory of Brother Richard and Joan of Arc
October 29, 2013 By
Charisma and Routine: Shaping the Memory of Brother Richard and Joan of Arc Andrew Brown (School of Humanities, Massey University, New Zealand) Religions, 2012, 3(4), 1162-1179 Abstract The extraordinary life and fate of Joan of Arc are well known; so is her association with the prophetic preacher, Brother Richard, who predicted the Apocalypse. Less well explained is why […]
The Privileging of Visio over Vox in the Mystical Experiences of Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc
May 25, 2013 By
Even though medieval women mystics have enjoyed increased attention in recent scholarly discussion, a topic that still has not been tackled is the possible difference between seeing a vision and hearing a voice during a mystical experience
Gender Transgression as Heresy: The Trial of Joan of Arc
March 27, 2013 By
This paper aims to take the trial of Joan of Arc seriously by arguing that Joan really was a heretic because she was different from orthodox Christians in that she transgressed traditional gender roles.
Myths and mandrakes
March 4, 2013 By
Others, however, began to wonder whether the possession of roots might not bring them success in other areas as well—wealth, popularity, or the power to control their own and other people’s destinies, and took to wearing them as good luck charms.
Is truth more interesting than fiction? The conflict between veracity and dramatic impact in historical fiction
January 15, 2013 By
I do not wish to enlist, on either side, in the battle between historians and novelists. What I would like is to suggest a foray which may at first glance seem a minor skirmish, but which may significantly affect the way in which a writer portrays people who once lived, particularly famous people.
Joan of Arc: Christian Heretic, Christian Saint
December 30, 2012 By
Joan of Arc was the French hero of the Hundred Years War and the catalyst who tipped the war in favor of the French after a series of disheartening English victories.
Hugh Kennedy of Ardstinchar: Joan of Arc’s Scottish Captain
November 14, 2012 By
Priest, soldier, pillager, diplomat, counsellor to kings, Archdeacon of St Andrews… and mentioned in the birth of Scottish golf. You couldn’t make this man up.
Reflections on The Malleus Maleficarum in Light of the Trial of Joan of Arc
June 27, 2012 By
Although Joan’s trial took place in France and The Malleus Maleficarum was published in Germany, they are suitable for comparison because this text became the definitive manual for witchcraft inquisitors across Europe.
France’s Jehanne: The 15th Century Heroine in Truth and Fiction
January 6, 2012 By
Jehanne bends her legs and arms, holding them close to her chest like a small child, trying hopelessly to find warmth on the cold, damp floor of her prison cell. Sitting only feet away from her body, outside the bars of her tiny cage, two guards argue over whose task it is to watch over her throughout the night. Their loud shouts echo against the tower’s stone walls and follow the stairs to the wet, deserted ground. She extends her arms around her head in an effort to drown out their foul noise from her head and hopefully alleviate her nose from the rank odor of putrefied air.
The ‘relics of Joan of Arc’: A forensic multidisciplinary analysis
January 6, 2012 By
Under the authority of the Association des Amis du Vieux Chinon and the Archbishop of Tours (curator of the remains), a scientific analysis was recently performed on the so-called ‘relics of Joan of Arc’, which reside in Chinon (in central France).
Joan of Arc, creative psychopath: is there another explanation?
January 6, 2012 By
Many of these facts can be explained by the hypothesis that Joan of Arc suffered from tuberculosis with a temporal lobe tuberculoma and tuberculous pericarditis.
Primary Sources and Context Concerning Joan of Arc’s Male Clothing
December 7, 2011 By
A number of the clergy who had served on the tribunal later testified, during the posthumous investigations and appeal of the case (1450, 1452, and 1455-56) after the English were expelled, that the transcript and judges had misrepresented the circumstances and hence the theological implications.
Teaching Knighthood and the Late Medieval Battlefield using the Knights of The Messenger
August 22, 2011 By
Teaching Knighthood and the Late Medieval Battlefield using the Knights of The Messenger By Matthieu Chan Tsin The Once and Future Classroom, Vol.7:1 (2009) Introduction: When Luc Besson and Sony released The Messenger in 1999, movie reviewers were quick to judge the director’s version of Joan of Arc’s story as historically inaccurate. However, the same […]
The Use of Gunpowder Weaponry by and Against Joan of Arc During the Hundred Years War
June 19, 2011 By
Jeanne d’Arc: Morale, Spiritual Authority, and Gunpowder
May 29, 2011 By
Few people in history have had more written about them than Jeanne d’Arc. This young woman has been claimed by French Nationalists, the Catholic church, and radical feminists alike; she has been portrayed variously as saint, heretic, schizophrenic, war heroine, virgin, and tart.
WHY THE MEDIEVAL TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TODAY
April 11, 2011 By
WHY THE MEDIEVAL TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC IS OF PARTICULAR INTEREST TODAY Hobbins, Daniel THE TRIAL OF JOAN OF ARC, Harvard University Press (2005) Abstract Joan of Arc was a courageous and combative woman, a resistance fighter who lived in a man’s world during the Middle Ages. The official records of her infamous trial […]
Teenagers at War During the Middle Ages
January 3, 2011 By
What were these two teenagers doing, fighting in a war which seemed to know no chronological bounds, especially if, as was shown above, it might have been unusual for teenagers to have fought in medieval wars?
‘An Entirely Masculine Activity’? Women and War in the High and Late Middle Ages Reconsidered
February 24, 2010 By
What if women did play a more significant part in military history than traditionally has been assumed?
The Schizophrenia of Joan of Arc
February 14, 2009 By
A great many of the tragedies of the past must have been caused by mental disease which was undetected and misunderstood. Such a case may well have been that of Joan of Arc.
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