Medievalists.net » Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net Where the Middle Ages Begin Sun, 06 Dec 2015 23:06:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.9 Routier Perrinet Gressart: Joan of Arc’s Penultimate Enemy http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/routier-perrinet-gressart-joan-of-arcs-penultimate-enemy/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/07/03/routier-perrinet-gressart-joan-of-arcs-penultimate-enemy/#comments Fri, 03 Jul 2015 16:13:10 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=59387 Even my English medievalist colleagues, however reluctantly, must admit that Joan of Arc played a significant role in the Hundred Years War.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2015/04/13/joan-of-arc-museum-opens-in-france/feed/ 0 Joan of Arc, a medieval Antigone and a (post-) modern myth? http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/joan-arc-medieval-antigone-post-modern-myth/ http://www.medievalists.net/2015/03/03/joan-arc-medieval-antigone-post-modern-myth/#comments Wed, 04 Mar 2015 00:06:16 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=56592 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...

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2014/03/03/medieval-celebrities-books/feed/ 0 Charisma and Routine: Shaping the Memory of Brother Richard and Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/29/charisma-and-routine-shaping-the-memory-of-brother-richard-and-joan-of-arc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/29/charisma-and-routine-shaping-the-memory-of-brother-richard-and-joan-of-arc/#comments Tue, 29 Oct 2013 09:04:05 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=44542 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 […]

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/10/29/charisma-and-routine-shaping-the-memory-of-brother-richard-and-joan-of-arc/feed/ 0 The Privileging of Visio over Vox in the Mystical Experiences of Hildegard of Bingen and Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/#comments Sat, 25 May 2013 23:09:20 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=41365 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


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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/05/25/the-privileging-of-visio-over-vox-in-the-mystical-experiences-of-hildegard-of-bingen-and-joan-of-arc/feed/ 0 Gender Transgression as Heresy: The Trial of Joan of Arc http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/gender-transgression-as-heresy-the-trial-of-joan-of-arc/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/gender-transgression-as-heresy-the-trial-of-joan-of-arc/#comments Thu, 28 Mar 2013 03:09:44 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=40136 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.

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]]> http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/27/gender-transgression-as-heresy-the-trial-of-joan-of-arc/feed/ 0 Myths and mandrakes http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/04/myths-and-mandrakes/ http://www.medievalists.net/2013/03/04/myths-and-mandrakes/#comments Tue, 05 Mar 2013 02:16:13 +0000 http://www.medievalists.net/?p=39589 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.

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