First published in 1996. 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.
Preface Charles T.Wood 1.Joan of Arc's Sword in the Stone Bonnie Wheeler 2.A Woman as Leader of Men: Joan of Arc's Military Career Kelly DeVries 3.Joan of Arc's Mission and the Lost Record of her Interrogation at Poitiers Charles T.Wood 4.True Lies: Transvestism and Idolatry in the Trial of Joan of Arc Susan Schibanoff 5.Transcription Errors in Texts of Joan of Arc's History Bouzy Olivier 6.Readers of the Lost Arc: Secrecy, Specularity, and Speculation in the Trial of Joan of Arc Steven Weiskopf 7.Joan of Arc and Christine de Pizan: The Symbiosis of the Two Warriors in the Ditie de Jeanne d'Arc Christine McWebb 8.Speaking of Angels: A Fifteenth Century Bishop in Defense of Joan of Arc's Mystical Voices Jane Marie Pinzino 9.Why Joan of Arc Never Became an Amazon Deborah Fraioli 10.Joan of Arc's Last Trial: The Attack of the Devil's Advocates Henry Ansgar Kelly 11.Jeanne Au Cinema Kevin J.Harty 12.The "Joan Phenomenon" and the French Right Nadia Margolis 13.Epilogue: Joan of Arc or the Survival of a People Regine Pernoud
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