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Joan of Arc and Spirituality

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  • © 2003

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  1. Ann W. Astell
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  2. Bonnie Wheeler
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Part of the book series: The New Middle Ages (TNMA)

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Table of contents (16 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vii
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  2. Joan of Arc and Spirituality

    1. Joan of Arc and Spirituality

      • Ann W. Astell, Bonnie Wheeler
      Pages 1-5

  3. Joan’s Own Spirituality

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 7-7
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    2. The Mortal Body as Divine Proof: A Spiritual-Physical Blazon of Joan of Arc

      • Nadia Margolis
      Pages 9-36

    3. The Virgin Mary and the “Voices” of Joan of Arc

      • Ann W. Astell
      Pages 37-60

    4. Saint Joan and Confession: Internal and External Forum

      • Henry Ansgar Kelly
      Pages 61-84

    5. Joan of Arc and Lex Privata: A Spirit of Freedom in the Law

      • Jane Marie Pinzino
      Pages 85-109

    6. Joan of Arc’s Call to Crusade

      • Kelly De Vries
      Pages 111-126

  4. Clerical Perceptions Of Joan’s Spirituality in Her Own Time

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 127-127
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    2. Jeanne and the Clergy

      • George H. Tavard
      Pages 129-146

    3. Gerson Judging Women of Spirit: From Female Mystics to Joan of Arc

      • Deborah Fraioli
      Pages 147-165

    4. A Reconsideration of Jean Gerson’s Attitude Toward Joan of Arc in Light of His Views on Popular Devotion

      • Yelena Mazour-Matusevich
      Pages 167-182

    5. Jean Gerson, the Shulammite, and the Maid

      • Brian Patrick McGuire
      Pages 183-192
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About this book

Joan of Arc is an unusual saint. Canonized in 1920 as a virgin, she died in 1431 as a condemned heretic. Uneducated, militant, and youthful, she obeyed 'Voices' that counselled her to pursue an unprecedented vocation. The various trial records provide a wealth of evidence about how Joan and others understood her spiritual life. This collection explores multiple facets of Joan's prayerful life. Two-thirds of the essays focus on Joan in her own time; the later chapters study Joan's formative influence upon modern women. Taken together, these essays offer new perspectives on the heroism of Joan's original way of sanctity.

About the authors

Bonnie Wheeler teaches at Southern Methodist University, USA where she directs the Medieval Studies Program. She has edited and co-edited fourteen books, among them Listening to Heloise and Heloise and the Paraclete (forthcoming). She was founding editor of the journal Arthuriana and is series editor for two Palgrave Macmillan book series, The New Middle Ages and Arthurian and Courtly Cultures.

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